News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Microsoft Edge stores all passwords in memory in clear text, even when unused. Parent comment

Re:Microsoft Edge stores all passwords in memory in clear te... by Joker_vD on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @01:09AM (#48032431)
> and you lose access to the file,

It's literally at https://github.com/Joker-vD/keepassdb/raw/refs/heads/master/... in my case, plus a couple of other free hosting sites that support easy updates/reuploads, so losing access to it requires losing access to Internet — in which case you don't really need any (alright, most) of your passwords because you need Internet to connect to the services that require those passwords.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Microsoft Edge stores all passwords in memory in clear te... by slau on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @07:59AM (#48035215)
OK, fair, I never left my keepass file exposed like that when I used keepass.

If I remember correctly, 1Password still requires a "vault key" in addition to your username and password, and it was definitely too long and not used often enough for me to remember.

[ Parent | on HN ]