I used to solve this "security" feature by patching the Safari binary to ignore the attribute. Became too much of a hassle to chase that, but I seriously resent

I used to solve this "security" feature by patching the Safari binary to ignore the attribute. Became too much of a hassle to chase that, but I seriously resent site developers who think they know better than I how I "should" be entering data on my machine. Seriously - a number of the complaints on both sides of the issue in this thread point to this. Running a lab and have a problem with autocomplete remembering passwords? That's should be a site-specific setting. Have a physical issue with typing, and use assistive software? The browser should have a setting to get out of the %$&^@*% way. Run your own machine securely (by whatever standards you choose to judge that)? It shouldn't be eBay's, or Apple's, or Google's decision how you choose to type your password. While I'm ranting, I'm seriously sick of a particular strain of arrogance mixed with refusal to take responsibility that emerges in these discussions. I recently had a discussion where a UX person confidently told me that they did, in fact, know better than I on a similar topic. OK, fine; here's a use case in which it seems that you're wrong. "Well, we can't cover every case; we have to plan for the 80% scenarios". You know my needs better than I, but refuse to take responsibility when you're wrong? Sounds like a good time to show a bit of humility and allow the user you apparently think so little of to make a choice.