Microsoft defends it as a 'design choice,' saying the threat requires the PC to be compromised. But the researcher who flagged the issue says other Chromium-based browsers sidestep the problem.

Microsoft is updating the Edge web browser to ensure it no longer loads saved passwords into process memory in clear text at ...

Edge 'will no longer load passwords into memory on startup,' Microsoft says after a researcher flagged a way for a malware ...

A security researcher has discovered that Microsoft Edge will load all your stored passwords into memory in plaintext at startup, making it easy for malware to scrape those passwords.