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Another category is passwords, muscle memory types them in and presses enter, only to find focus was in the wrong place. A bit mean to systematically retain.
by rich_sasha 4y ago
Another category is passwords, muscle memory types them in and presses enter, only to find focus was in the wrong place.
A bit mean to systematically retain.
- unnah 4y agoAny time you make an error like that you should immediately change your password anyhow. But I guess some people like to live dangerously.
- rich_sasha 4y agoTrue. But if my password, or any other credentials, were leaked because someone in a trusted environment was scraping deleted messages, then storing it unsecurely, i wouldn't be impressed.
- Camillo 4y agoOne thing that really doesn't help here is that Unix password entry traditionally hides the input text completely, instead of showing bullets. Normally you would notice pretty quickly if you're typing in the wrong place, since nothing is showing up where you expect it, but Unix terminals train users to expect no feedback when typing passwords, so they're more likely to type the full thing and press enter before noticing anything is amiss.