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[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

HOLY @#%^ WHAT IN THE @#%^ DO THEY MEAN "NOT TO WORRY"?????????????????

[–] XLE@piefed.social 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well, hold on now, maybe Microsoft has a reasonable explanation for how they actually do secure their passwords...

This is an expected feature of the application.

... Never mind.

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[–] DreadPirateSnuggles@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

They mean that it won't affect them.

[–] gokayburucdev@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

we will take your data but don't worry be happy 😁 🇯🇲 we will not use it. Because we are smoking ganja and smiling to each other in our office. We are so happy; Thanks to AI. Peace ☮️✌️😁🕶️

Microslop Edge Team

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

.... They are so bad

[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Access to browser data as described in the reported scenario would require the device to already be compromised.

Yes you can open our safe with just a good yank but if a thief can do that they’re already in your house.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

If the thief is already in your house, he can also eat your meal and steal your furniture.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 points 21 hours ago

And who in their right mind would break in to a house built by Microsoft?

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[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 22 hours ago

don't worry bb

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Microsoft - So secure we ROT13 encode everything... TWICE!

[–] LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 day ago

Ah yes, the good old ROT26 encryption. Some say its unbreakable

[–] iglou@programming.dev 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Eh. To be honest it indeed does not matter much. Scanning your RAM for passwords is much harder than simply reading them off the browsers files. Sure, it is encrypted and the key is not necessarily on your computer, but remember that if the software can decrypt your passwords without you inputting a password or similar, then anything with access to your device can as well.

Don't use your browser's password manager.

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For real. Like why isn't that a plugin? I feel like security best practices have advised against using the baked-in password manager in the browser for near a decade now, so any browser claiming an interest in security could score a big win by literally just removing that functionality.

Its a disservice that they even exist st all at this point.

[–] iglou@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

Or simply... Make it encrypted with a password. That simple.

[–] darkmogool@feddit.org 14 points 1 day ago

Why did I read "Microsoft Edge lords"?

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They say not to worry because they know nobody uses that dumpster fire of a browser so there's no actual risk of your passwords being leaked since you're not using it anyways.

[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Corporate has entered the chat.

[–] dragonlover@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Unless you're like me and the websites you use for work require it and don't work in literally any other browser (I have tried everything)

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Hey. Hey. I got some PS scripts

[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 21 points 1 day ago
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Btw, don't ever copy&paste from your password manager, if that's a problem. That's what memory protection mechanisms in hardware and software are for.

The problem is, the weird way it is implemented in Edge and how MS handles the issue.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Btw, don't ever copy&paste from your password manager, if that's a problem

Maybe, but at least with my password manager, they'd only get passwords as I use them and not the keys to the kingdom when I open it.

The problem is, the weird way it is implemented in Edge and how MS handles the issue.

"Handles the issue" is a weird way to say they don't give a shit about protecting your passwords. They had to change this behavior, because chromium doesn't do this by default, so it's not really even negligence in Microsoft at that point. They chose to do this.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 day ago

And this is why you don't give microslop anything

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am not worried, cause I'm not dumb enough to use Edge or Windows for that matter.

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Wow, that's bad.

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What is even the point of the DPAPI?

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[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Moms insists on pen an paper! Omg!

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