Microsoft Edge loads all your saved passwords, decrypted and in plaintext, into memory at startup. Google Chrome doesn’t—is it time to switch browser?

Though Microsoft claimed that storing plaintext passwords in memory was by design, the company has changed the behavior to better protect your passwords.

Microsoft Edge stores your passwords in plaintext in RAM. This behavior occurs if you use Edge as your password manager. Microsoft says that this behavior is a feature, not a bug. Do you use Microsoft ...

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