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I am sure that this is not what this site is for. But... For a moment I thought: What a great attack vector. Collect WiFi passwords from around the globe.

• thepete2 5y ago
  My first though was "Why would I ever enter my wifi credentials into a web form?", but perhaps there are people who would...
  • quenix 5y ago
    To be fair it’s fairly easy to check that it didn’t send any data over the wire
    • xpe 5y ago
      > To be fair it’s fairly easy to check that it didn’t send any data over the wire ... after the fact ... ... for a user of the web app who watches the network panel from their browser's developer tools
      • jdironman 5y ago
        You just send false info first.
        • npteljes 5y ago
          Well, maybe the site sends all the passwords when you close the tab. The point is not to get used to entering passwords to third party websites.
        • xpe 5y ago
          "just"? The above comment is overconfident.
    • system2 5y ago
      Yeah, 99% of the society also knows how to do that.
• dolmen 5y ago
  No better than obfuscated JavaScript to give trust to the average HN reader.