Microsoft adds a password generator and a Password Monitor service to Microsoft Edge version 88, along with some under-the-hood security improvements.
Microsoft is poised to release several substantial security updates to version 88 of its Edge browser, including a long-awaited password generator and monitor. Edge 88 is rolling out now, according to Microsoft, though the new Password Monitor feature may take a couple of weeks to demonstrate any real results, the company said in a blog post on Thursday morning. From a user’s perspective, Microsoft’s automated complex password generator is one of the biggest competive weaknesses the browser faced. Google’s Chrome has offered this feature for over a year. When you’re using Chrome and you sign up for a new web service and enter a user name, the browser offers to generate a new, complex password and store it for future use. Now Edge does the same, generating the password according to the site’s rules, storing it and syncing it across your browsers.