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Microsoft Edge loads your passwords into memory in plaintext, but Microsoft says not to worry
(www.windowscentral.com)
don't worry bb
this post was submitted on 06 May 2026
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.... They are so bad
Microsoft SSH agent persistently stores your unencrypted private keys in the registry. They're still there unlocked and usable after you reboot.
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does this company intentionally want users to stop using it? cuz day by day either theres a new windows bug or just shittier softwares
Not to worry, the next update will fix it. (And make 12 others things worse. Also it will make your printer stop working. Again.)
as if it ever worked with windows anyway...lol...got it working on linux on the first try
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HOLY @#%^ WHAT IN THE @#%^ DO THEY MEAN "NOT TO WORRY"?????????????????
Well, hold on now, maybe Microsoft has a reasonable explanation for how they actually do secure their passwords...
This is an expected feature of the application.
... Never mind.
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2026 is gonna be the year I finally move to Linux. I have huge concerns about many aspects of switching, but they're being overtaken by concerns about staying with Windows. I don't even mind if my overall user experience is a bit worse on Linux (I am trying to have reasonable expectations that it won't be the walk in the park Linux advocates on Lemmy like to claim), I just have much more faith in its security, privacy, customisability and - most importantly - the motivations and intentions of its developers.
Best of luck! If you've got questions or problems feel free to DM me (or reply here) and I'll try to help as best I can. I've been using linux since the mid 90s, so I have a decent idea of how it all works :)
If you move to one of the big supported distributions, you'll be extremely surprised how easy it is.
If you just want things to stay consistent and easy, I can't recommend Linux mint enough. I installed it on my son's laptop almost two years ago and he's never needed my help to fix anything since.
The installation walks you through everything, just like Windows, but it'll only take about the third of the time. Everything just works and there's no trash to uninstall or debloat scripts to run when you're done.
If you do any gaming you might want to run Fedora or bazzite (fedora with training wheels), but if you're using KDE for the desktop that's almost as easy and seamless.
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Access to browser data as described in the reported scenario would require the device to already be compromised.
Yes you can open our safe with just a good yank but if a thief can do that they’re already in your house.
Defense in depth is a thing. You don't give up just because someone made it through the first layer.
And who in their right mind would break in to a house built by Microsoft?
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I don’t worry, I just don’t use Edge or Windows or any MS software really (except for Teams at work)
Teams at work
Same here. Boss still thinks he's funny bashing Apple products as a MS fanboy 🙄
Microsoft - So secure we ROT13 encode everything... TWICE!
Why did I read "Microsoft Edge lords"?
And this is why you don't give microslop anything
Eh. To be honest it indeed does not matter much. Scanning your RAM for passwords is much harder than simply reading them off the browsers files. Sure, it is encrypted and the key is not necessarily on your computer, but remember that if the software can decrypt your passwords without you inputting a password or similar, then anything with access to your device can as well.
Don't use your browser's password manager.
For real. Like why isn't that a plugin? I feel like security best practices have advised against using the baked-in password manager in the browser for near a decade now, so any browser claiming an interest in security could score a big win by literally just removing that functionality.
Its a disservice that they even exist st all at this point.
Or simply... Make it encrypted with a password. That simple.
They say not to worry because they know nobody uses that dumpster fire of a browser so there's no actual risk of your passwords being leaked since you're not using it anyways.
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we will take your data but don't worry be happy 😁 🇯🇲 we will not use it. Because we are smoking ganja and smiling to each other in our office. We are so happy; Thanks to AI. Peace ☮️✌️😁🕶️
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