{"id":9624,"date":"2022-09-20T07:38:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T05:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=9624"},"modified":"2022-09-20T07:38:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T05:38:23","slug":"microsoft-edge-google-chrome-enhanced-spellcheck-feature-exposes-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2022\/09\/20\/microsoft-edge-google-chrome-enhanced-spellcheck-feature-exposes-passwords\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome Enhanced Spellcheck Feature Exposes Passwords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"476\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2015\/06\/25\/its-actually-over\/chromeears1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/06\/chromeears1.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chromeears1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/06\/chromeears1.jpg?fit=510%2C510&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-476\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/chromeears1-300x300-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Yet anoter reason to avoid Chrome and Edge: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/it.slashdot.org\/story\/22\/09\/19\/2133252\/microsoft-edge-google-chrome-enhanced-spellcheck-feature-exposes-passwords\">Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome Enhanced Spellcheck Feature Exposes Passwords <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Next question is: are Brave<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4136\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?attachment_id=4136\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/brave_122564.png?fit=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"36,36\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"brave_122564\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/brave_122564.png?fit=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4136\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/brave_122564.png?resize=36%2C36&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/> and Chromium <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4141\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?attachment_id=4141\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/ungoogled-chromium_95665.png?fit=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"36,36\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ungoogled-chromium_95665\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/ungoogled-chromium_95665.png?fit=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4141\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/ungoogled-chromium_95665.png?resize=36%2C36&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/> affected?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Yet anoter reason to avoid Chrome and Edge: Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome Enhanced Spellcheck Feature Exposes Passwords Next question is: are Brave and Chromium affected?<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2022\/09\/20\/microsoft-edge-google-chrome-enhanced-spellcheck-feature-exposes-passwords\/\">Read more 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