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Be honest with me. How many of your passwords are still some version of your pet’s name followed by a number? Studies have shown that roughly 80% of data breaches involve weak or reused passwords.

A security researcher found that Microsoft Edge loads all saved passwords into unencrypted memory at startup, keeping them exposed for the entire session even when they are not in use.