Researcher Shows Edge Browser Stores Saved Passwords in Plaintext

Microsoft has recently come under fire for how its Edge browser handles your saved passwords. A security expert named Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning has shared a worrying discovery about the Microsoft Edge web browser. It turns out that when you use Edge to save your passwords, the browser turns them into plaintext as soon as the app starts.

For context, Plaintext means the passwords are not scrambled or hidden. They sit in the computer memory as plain words that anyone with administrative privileges or SYSTEM-level access can read.

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Rønning shared these findings at a tech event in Oslo called Big Bite of Tech 26. The event was hosted by the research firm Palo Alto Networks Norway. He explained that Edge is the only browser he tested that works this way, whereas other browsers like Google Chromeare safer because they use a...

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