Microsoft backpedals: Edge to stop loading passwords into memory
Microsoft is updating the Edge web browser to ensure it no longer loads saved passwords into process memory in clear text at startup after previously stating it was "by design." [...]
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Microsoft is updating the Edge web browser to ensure it no longer loads saved passwords into process memory in clear text at startup after previously stating it was "by design." [...]
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Microsoft is now using a Windows driver to prevent users from changing the Windows 10 and Windows 11 default browser manually or through software. [...]
Microsoft will soon allow users in the European Union, as well as from Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, to once again open all links in Windows using their default web browser rather than forcing the use of Microsoft Edge. [...]
Microsoft Edge web browser has been displaying security warnings after Twitter changed its name to 'X'. It's got to do with a security feature dubbed 'Progressive Web App Icon change', designed to keep users safe during app icon or name changes. [...]
Mozilla has addressed a known issue causing the Firefox web browser to freeze on startup on Windows 11 systems after installing the KB5023706 March 2023 cumulative update. [...]
Microsoft says the Internet Explorer 11 desktop web browser will be disabled on some Windows 10 systems starting today via a Microsoft Edge update. [...]
Microsoft announced today that a future Microsoft Edge update would permanently disable the Internet Explorer 11 desktop web browser on some Windows 10 systems in February. [...]
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Enhanced Spellcheck features in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge web browsers transmit form data, including personally identifiable information (PII) and in some cases, passwords, to Google and Microsoft respectively. [...]
Microsoft is rolling out a new update to the Microsoft Edge Stable Channel over the coming days to improve the web browser's security defaults when visiting less popular websites. [...]
Microsoft says Microsoft Edge users will notice improved performance and a smaller disk footprint because the web browser now automatically compresses disk caches. [...]