Edge may expose stored passwords more easily, with Microsoft reportedly stating that this behavior is intentional and "by design."

Edge stores passwords in plaintext memory at startup; a tool has been released to test against the flaw.

  • ejs@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    TIL: If you cat /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope on your linux distro:

    • 0: All processes with same UID can read each other’s memory
    • 1: Restricted (Only parents can read children)
    • 2: Admin only (Requires sudo).

    Most distros have this set to 1 by default.

    More details: man 2 ptrace, search using /: scope