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Re:The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fi... by happyslobro on Sunday June 26, 2016 @06:17AM (#11980149)
Hopefully there is nothing important in the clipbkard, like some data that the user will attempt to submit a second time after logging in. It sounded like a good idea at first, but now I want my +1 back :p
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Re:The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fi... by thameera on Sunday June 26, 2016 @11:13AM (#11981107)
Of course. The implementation should check if the clipboard content is equal to the entered password.
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