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Autofill Blog #2: Password Security
MicrosoftHotCakeX Your question is fair. It is mostly the original user (who knows the OS password and PIN) who is mostly the one operating the browser.
Master Password feature, simply, offers an additional layer of privacy during those instances when your browser is being used by someone other than you. This helps prevent unauthorized or accidental entry into accounts of the original user.
Suhrid_Palsule wrote:HotCakeX Your question is fair. It is mostly the original user (who knows the OS password and PIN) who is mostly the one operating the browser.
Master Password feature, simply, offers an additional layer of privacy during those instances when your browser is being used by someone other than you. This helps prevent unauthorized or accidental entry into accounts of the original user.
There are 3 possible scenarios:
1. your browser is being used by yourself, owner of the user account, who knows the user credentials so the same credentials can be used to reveal passwords in Edge.
2. your browser is being used by someone else that you trust, who also knows your user credentials, (password or preferably PIN), so they can still use those credentials to reveal passwords in Edge.
3. your browser is being used by someone else that you don't trust, thus they don't know your user credentials, in this situation, they can use "browse as a guest" and obviously when you don't trust them, you don't give them your user credentials.
so there is no need for a master password. am I missing anything?
- Well it's always good to have more privacy/security
- Suhrid_Palsule
HotCakeX Overall, no. That classification of scenarios is exhaustive.
However, as mentioned earlier - this is an additional (and optional) Privacy setting that prevents others from accessing your accounts on the web.