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Microsoft backpedals: Edge to stop loading passwords into memory

·Source: BleepingComputer

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Executive Summary

Microsoft is updating the Edge web browser to ensure it no longer loads saved passwords into process memory in clear text at startup after previously stating it was "by design." [...]

Analysis

Microsoft is updating the Edge web browser to ensure it no longer loads saved passwords into process memory in clear text at startup after previously stating it was "by design." [...]
Source Attribution

Originally published by BleepingComputer on May 15, 2026.

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