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Edge "Choose an Account" Autofill Security Risk
I have seen several instances where Edge has saved and retained the login credentials for someone simply because they might have logged on to their microsoft account on that PC at some point in the past. Example: On one of my customer's PC's, my login information is prefilled & available to anyone who uses that PC. I've checked all options listed under Windows Settings/Accounts but my account is not shown there... and I have no way to delete it. Removing the account from the Edge Profile does nothing... it appears to delete it, HOWEVER, if you click the profile icon in the top right corner, my login information is still there, and it DOESNT REQUIRE A PASSWORD to log back into that profile, which appears to expose them to all my saved profile info including passwords, links, etc. Every post I've read on this has not addressed this issue... they say to delete the profile, or to remove it from Windows Settings / Accounts... but my account is not listed there. So there's nothing to delete. I've cleared cache, searched the registry for my email address, searched various Edge settings, but no luck. I have one of the managers at a customer site who is extremely concerned because one of her employees has access to her profile. This is a PROBLEM. Anyone have a clue on this?1.3KViews1like3CommentsRe: How to remove autofill email from 'choose an account' part of Profile page in Microsoft Edge?
JFriendly Has anyone ever figured this out? I've seen several posts on different sites suggesting that you can remove it by simply deleting the account from Windows Settings / Accounts..... NOT. I have customer PC's that have no account information whatsoever listed anywhere under the Windows Accounts page, butEdge somehow still has saved an account email from some prior user and has retained it under "Choose an Account" on these systems. This DOES NOT require a password to login, and consequently is a huge security risk. If you simply click on the suggested account, it logs into their account and obtains all links, saved passwords, & profile settings from whatever user is specifed. You can specify to disable Edge logins, but re-enabling brings that person's account login right back & the problem remains. If anyone knows how to resolve this, I'm all ears! Thanks11KViews0likes0Comments
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