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Microsoft Edge loads your passwords into memory in plaintext, but Microsoft says not to worry
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this post was submitted on 06 May 2026
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Edge is on my computer, and I can't delete it, at least not with my limited IT experience. It's buried deep in the operating system, and it opens up seemingly randomly, I use firefox.
Looking online about getting rid of it, others described it as cancer.
It's not that hard, all you need is usb drive and choosing a distro (the hard step)
Not sure how it works in Win11 but historically it has not been possible to remove Internet Explorer or Edge from Windows.
That is an anti-competitive practice and illegal in truth. Against the laws of the United states, the ones that aren't enforced anymore.
I have refused the upgrade and I'm still on Windows 10 which also sucks by the way. The old 2013 ish operating system, I think windows 7, had a task manager that could actually help manage your computer even if you don't know everything about a computer.
And so much more, everything is going to shit especially in electronics. We seriously need just a complete set of Open Source or otherwise trustworthy alternatives.
Or a way to wipe the programming off of products we buy and install our own programming, but they would make that illegal if that caught on.
Agreed.
I assume you have some good reason for running Win10 on your PC but just in case you do need to hear it, you can try Linux live from a USB drive and see if it works for you.
The solution is to use Linux Mint.
I'm afraid as I am on my backup computer, and I worry that if I try to change over I will not do it correctly as has been the case every single time I've tried to download a program to accept zip files, or torrents I don't know what my deal is.
I really do want to switch over, I am working on fixing my better computer. More than anything I want a graphene OS phone.
Good that you want to switch, take your time, don't be afraid. There are many resources online for how to switch without accidentally deleting or losing access to things. I have been using Linux Mint for over a year now switching from Windows 10 and I haven't run into any limitations or issues. It's been a great learning experience and has overall lead to me being more technologically savvy. If you have any questions there are many places to discuss, feel free to ask.