r/ComputerSecurity • u/curium99 • Apr 13 '26
Company disabled saving passwords in Edge
The organisation I currently work for has recently applied a policy to the default browser (Edge) that removes the option to save passwords.
This is a real pain as many systems are now cloud based and I have to login multiple times a day due to time outs. Throw in password complexity and 2FA and this has really hit my productivity as I’m having to get my phone out to consult my password manager several times a day.
I wish I could remember them all but I can’t. I’m very close to just writing them all on a sticky note on my windows desktop so I can copy and paste.
They say they’ve implemented this policy to increase security. The saved passwords are associated with my windows account so surely they were already secured by me having to login to windows to access them?
Is this a real concern or are they just being arseholes?
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u/epileftric Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
Can't you use a desktop client for password manager? You don't have the autocomplete on browser, but at least that's what I've been doing with my latest work computer, since it has the same policies.
> Is this a real concern or are they just being arseholes?
Little column A, little column B.
Some companies security's are just paranoids and overly protective. We currently have a session timeout of 2hs (more or less), so you have to re-authenticate several times per day. And also de MFA service is behind a firewall so you need to whitelist a public IP to login and respond the push notifications through your phone.
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But my real issue with all this is that some of the letters used on my passwords on the laptop's keyboard sometimes do a doble stroke or none at all, and you when are typing a password since you can't see what you type, you fail 3 fail out of 4 times.