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However, if as you say in the article, passwords stored in Credential Manager are encrypted, then if they’re strong passwords, ‘Edge Password Manager’ will come up with no plain text results for those hashed passwords when it tries to look them up. If anything, Edge could potentially be safer because in the keylogger scenario, the attacker would make off with the entire Keepass database file and master password.

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Even with ‘Enter Master Key on Secure Desktop’ switched on in Keepass it won’t help because if someone has control of the PC they can just turn that off. If the user is using Keepass instead, then just recording their keystrokes would make it equally ineffective.

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I’m not sure I follow, maybe I’m missing something? If you have control of a users PC to install ‘Edge Password Manager’, then it’s already game over, the machine is compromised and really anything goes. I have not tested yet if KeePass' global login shortcut works when you use Microsoft Edge. Obviously, you would have to turn off the password saving in Edge for that. The situation improves when extension support launches for Edge, as password managers such as Last Pass will be made available for the browser.Īdditionally, you may use local password managers such as KeePass, and copy & paste to sign in to services. Still, the issue exists and it may be exploited under certain circumstances. One could say that this is not a problem if the PC is used alone, and if there is virtually no chance that someone else might access it.

The program pulls the information from the operating system, and may show the passwords in clear text without any form of protection that prevents this.Īnyone with access to the account can list all account passwords using the program. While that is the case for the Credential Manager, it is not the case for third-party programs such as Edge Password Manager. One could say that using the credential manager works similarly to using a master password in other browsers.Īnyone with access to the device would still need the account password to display the saved passwords in Microsoft Edge. This won't work right away though, as you are required to enter the Windows account password first to reveal the password. The password is encrypted, but you may click on the show link next to it to reveal it.

While you see the domain name and username only on that page, you may click on the down arrow next to it to display additional information about it. The easiest way to open it is to tap on the Windows-key, type Credential Manager and select the result from the list that is returned.Įach account is listed under web credentials. You may view the passwords in the Credential Manager, a Control Panel applet.