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Sort of? Autocomplete=off is abused, certainly. It's commonly used to interrupt password manager functionality, in much the same way that copy/paste disabling
by Bartweiss 9y ago
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Autocomplete=off is abused, certainly. It's commonly used to interrupt password manager functionality, in much the same way that copy/paste disabling is used on "repeat new password" fields. (As an aside: disabling autocomplete is a good idea, but only on the password manager level, not the website level. It's defense for user privacy, so employing it on well-meaning websites is worthless.)
But it's not abused in the user-endangering manner that circular redirects and back button hijacking have been. (Specifically, to make scam sites hard to escape and easy to click into.) It's just an inconvenience to users, and honestly I'm not thrilled to see browsers override code for non-security reasons.