Your password manager just got more secure.

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

Microsoft killed Edge's Master Password feature on June 4th. Now Windows Hello is the only way to protect your saved ...

Microsoft is killing the master password feature in Edge, and is moving to newer, more secure solutions. Edge is Microsoft’s internet browser, based on Chromium. Among other things it has a built-in ...

Microsoft Edge has replaced master passwords with Windows Hello for accessing its password manager, enhancing security in the ...

Microsoft Edge will soon remove the master password option from its built-in password manager and opt for device-based authentication instead. Right now, autofilling a password field with Edge's built ...

Microsoft Edge now requires Windows Hello authentication to access its password manager, replacing traditional master ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft Edge update 145 removes the ability to create new master passwords for the browser’s password manager feature. Existing master passwords will continue functioning until ...

Microsoft Edge is ditching master passwords in favor of a more secure way to access the password manager. Microsoft ...

Microsoft Edge now routes saved-password access through Windows Hello and device checks, reducing one reusable secret while ...

A security researcher recently revealed that Microsoft Edge stores and loads all saved passwords in plaintext in your PC's memory, not on disk, upon startup. Edge is the only Chromium browser that ...