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When I used to have a multi-monitor dev environment, I did accidentally paste a password into Slack (left screen) and not Chrome (right screen). Immediately del
by kempbellt 5y ago
When I used to have a multi-monitor dev environment, I did accidentally paste a password into Slack (left screen) and not Chrome (right screen). Immediately deleted the chat message and had to cycle the password.
This is the only issue I've ever had with copy/pasting passwords, it only happened once, and the site preventing me from pasting would have done nothing to prevent it.
I don't understand the rationale either.
Also, double validating passwords should allow for pasting to promote the use of managers. Forcing users to type them in creates more possibility for mistakes - you can type the same wrong password twice... Muscle memory is funny that way.
- jakelazaroff 5y agoI’ve also accidentally typed a password into a chat app when I meant to type it into a browser. Just zoned out instead of looking at the password field where stars should have been showing up. Ultimately, people are just going to make mistakes!
- oneeyedpigeon 5y agoIf anything, pasting a password into a password field should be explicitly allowed, whilst pasting it anywhere else should either be forbidden or, possibly, prompt for confirmation first.
- robocat 5y agoWith unique passwords, the OS could introduce a filter so that when you paste a password into anything but a password field, it gets replaced by ******* à la hunter2 https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hunter2 https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hunter2