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MicrosoftAutofill in Microsoft Edge
ppnacho the Windows account is protected by multiple layers of security, including biometrics if they're on your device; so when I go to view a credential, it uses Windows Hello facial recognition because that's how I sign in. If you use a PIN, it's encrypted and stored in the TPM. no need to make security inconvenient because if it is, users will turn it off.
I feel again that my English is not good!
I fully understand the security offered by the windows login account. I have no doubt about it.
But in my work, I initiate session when I arrive and block the session when it is coffee time. After the coffee I return to start session and at the end of my day, I turn off. I usually get up frequently and I'm not always in front of my pc. The option to block my session every time I get up and unlock it when I feel it is not very practical in my work. So, if I get up from my position to go talk to my boss, I'm leaving my session open and anyone with bad intentions has a free way to see all the passwords of my favorite sites. Honestly, I do not like it.
You know, for tastes there are colors.
I return to comment that it is only a suggestion and that it is not my intention to create any debate about it.
There are tools like lastpast that perform the function perfectly. I believe that the new edge should bring it integrated. But it's just my personal opinion.
And thanks to Microsoft for allowing me to participate in this forum and be able to give my point of view. I know that Edge Chromium is very young and you have to give it time to grow older.
Thank you to all for reading me.
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(En español)
Siento de nuevo que mi ingles no sea bueno!!
Entiendo perfectamente la seguridad que ofrece la cuenta de inicio de sesion de windows. No tengo ninguna duda sobre ello.
Pero en mi trabajo, inicio sesion cuando llego y bloqueo la sesion cuando es la hora del cafe. Despues del cafe vuelvo a iniciar sesion y al finalizar mi jornada, apago. Me suelo levantar con frecuencia y no siempre estoy delante de mi pc. La opcion de bloquear mi sesion cada vez que me levanto y desbloquearla cuando me siento es poco practico en mi trabajo. Por eso, si me levanto de mi puesto para ir a hablar con mi jefe, estoy dejando mi sesion abierta y cualquier persona con malas intenciones tiene via libre para ver todas las contraseñas de mis sitios favoritos. Sinceramente, no me gusta.
Ya se sabe, para gustos hay colores.
Vuelvo a comentar que solo es una sugerencia y que no es mi intencion crear ningun debate sobre ello.
Existen herramientas como lastpast que realizan la funcion perfectamente. Considero que el nuevo edge deberia traerla integrada. Pero solo es mi opinion personal.
Y gracias a Microsoft por permitirme participar en este foro y poder dar mi punto de vista. Se que Edge Chromium es muy joven y hay que ir dandole tiempo para que se haga mayor.
Gracias a todos por leerme.
- ppnacho you're missing a step in the process. Even if you choose to leave your machine unlocked (pressing Win-L locks it for you BTW, which is the same extra step you're asking for here), you still have to enter your Windows password or authenticate to Windows Hello to see the credential.
ppnacho As MaryB has said, you must enter your credentials a second time in order to see the password. Even if you forget to lock your computer when you walk away from it and a malicious user arrives before the computer locks automatically, they still have to know your credentials to see these passwords. Just having access to your user session is not enough.
In effect, your Microsoft account, domain account, or Windows user account credential plays the same role as a master password does for LastPass.
