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type="password" inputs are not explicitly saved to browser form history, which is the biggest functional differentiator.

• dalke 14y ago
  Does the same thing happen (in modern browsers) with autocomplete="off"? I assume that's why I don't get autocomplete/history for my bank's login page, despite that it's in cleartext.
  • feralmoan 14y ago
    Yeah that's generally how its done, but also doesn't give users the choice to use their browsers password manager or keychain. The autocomplete feature was more geared towards sensitive data that should never be re-surfaced in an automated way, such as credit card info, that sort of thing.
    • dalke 14y ago
      Right! I forgot about the browser's password manager.