How does Internet Explorer keep its saved passwords secure when you're using Microsoft Windows?

Q: Answer-How does Internet Explorer keep its saved passwords secure when you're using Microsoft Windows?

As of this writing, Microsofts approach to keeping saved passwords secure is to save them in the Windows registry. The registry keys that store the passwords are protected with Triple DES encryption, which uses your Windows login credentials as part of its cipher.

A It doesn't do anything to keep saved passwords secure. Correct Incorrect

B It encrypts the password file in your user account. Correct Incorrect

C It saves passwords to the Windows registry. Correct Incorrect

D All of these Correct Incorrect

E None of these Correct Incorrect

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As of this writing, Microsoft's approach to keeping saved passwords secure is to save them in the Windows registry. The registry keys that store the passwords are protected with Triple DES encryption, which uses your Windows login credentials as part of its cipher.

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