Microsoft Edge: Passwords end up in memory as plaintext (www.heise.de)
from yogthos@lemmy.ml to security@lemmy.ml on 05 May 2026 16:08
https://lemmy.ml/post/46890306

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zzffyfajzkzhnsweqm@sh.itjust.works on 05 May 2026 16:56 next collapse

Paywall

yogthos@lemmy.ml on 05 May 2026 18:21 next collapse

archive.ph/xuEqO

airikr@lemmy.ml on 06 May 2026 01:37 collapse

For privacy minded people: beware for that link since it uses reCAPTCHA.

airikr@lemmy.ml on 06 May 2026 01:36 collapse

Not if you disable JavaScript. I was able to read the article with Privacy Browser on Android with JS disabled by default. Readeck was also able to and save the whole article on my server.

read_desert@lemmy.ml on 05 May 2026 23:07 next collapse

Weird, I didn’t get one.

OwOarchist@pawb.social on 06 May 2026 07:04 next collapse

And any program running on that computer could read from that memory, right?

yogthos@lemmy.ml on 06 May 2026 14:20 collapse

it sure can

Zerush@lemmy.ml on 06 May 2026 08:08 collapse

Relative irrelevant in a tool for downloading a browser.