Though Microsoft claimed that storing plaintext passwords in memory was by design, the company has changed the behavior to better protect your passwords.

Probably a stupid question, but there was an edict sent out from our CIO's office recently alerting everyone to the risks of transmitting/storing clear-text passwords and asking that it be addressed ...

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