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So instead of just typing your password, you prefer to wiggle your mouse first, and then start typing your password?
by LarryPage 8y ago
So instead of just typing your password, you prefer to wiggle your mouse first, and then start typing your password?
- Too 8y agoYes. Because then I know I'm actually typing into the password box and not the username box which will be shown in plaintext once the monitor wakes up.
- LarryPage 8y agoThen press enter, and then type in your password.
- nookoking 8y agoMouse commands are preferred for simple, mindless tasks. I'd rather rearrange my entire file hierarchy with a file browser like XFE than do all of that shit in a terminal. Even Ranger/Midnight Commander make it less of a pain in the ass, but it's still a pain in the ass. Combos and typing require a lot more brain bandwidth than the simple, mindless or rather spineful, motions of a hand flick and click.
- Izkata 8y agoOr more importantly, checking that the screen actually locked and didn't just turn off. You could be about to broadcast your password in a chat.