Microsoft Edge is storing passwords as plain text? Heres what Microsoft says.

Password managers are supposed to make life easier for users by remembering their passwords and keeping them secure.

However, one cybersecurity researcher has discovered a quite concerning development regarding Microsoft Edge and how the web browser's password manager behaves.

According to researcher Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning, Microsoft Edge loads every saved password into memory at startup — in plaintext.

In a thread on X, Rønning detailed how the credentials are decrypted...