Security researcher Tom Rønning discovered this behavior and reported it to Microsoft . However, the company responded by saying the behavior is by design. Microsoft Edge loads all your saved passwords into memory in cleartext — even when you’re not using them. pic.twitter.com ci0ZLEYFLB Microsoft Edge is built on Chromium , the same open source base that powers Google Chrome . But Chrome handles passwords very differently. It only decrypts a password at the moment it is...
