Microsoft Edge saves passwords in cleartext ‘by design’ and researchers argue ‘this turns into a credential harvest’ on shared PCs

A Norwegian cybersecurity researcher recently spotted that passwords in Microsoft Edge are saved in memory in cleartext. Thus exposing all passwords to anyone that might wish to peek behind the curtain, providing they can gain access to the PC through other means, including a shared admin. The researcher, Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning, says, “Edge is…

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance has its own $180 perfume, and it’s crucial you remember ‘These are not distant notes, but fragments of a world you already know’

Hey! Got about $200 to spare and want to blow it on something profoundly stupid? Please DM me for my PayPal! But if that doesn’t work for you, how about this? Kingdom Come: Deliverance—the RPG series about being a bemudded peasant—has a perfume for sale. It costs €156 (about $180 / £135) for 50ml, and…

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“You Were Almost A Jill Sandwich” – Here’s Why Resident Evil’s English Localisation Turned “Comical”

“They were… hesitant to use people from overseas”. Speaking exclusively to Time Extension, Tom Shiraiwa, a former localisation lead at Capcom’s Osaka offices, recently offered insight into the localisation of the 1996 survival-horror classic Resident Evil, including a potential explanation as to why the game’s dialogue ended up being so laughably bad. Despite its reputation…

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