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Re:Having trouble with the IRS site? Try all caps by lstamour on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @03:27AM (#23016399)
I wish I could say this 2014 article was completely out of date, but while some folks have updated, far too many sites still haven’t: https://www.troyhunt.com/the-cobra-effect-that-is-disabling/

If you’re writing a little JS snippet to “fix” this, https://gist.github.com/nuxero/6dda1287ccfb91999e9f8c42d7246... or https://gist.github.com/SukkaW/26dc57f3bf3d7f17a89763dcd9f7d... might also help.

It should be possible to add this to iOS using the Shortcuts app. https://support.apple.com/en-us/guide/shortcuts/apd218e2187d... Though... I’m not entirely sure you can block pasting in Safari on iOS. I can’t say I’ve noticed it there, perhaps the native keyboard password manager integration avoids it.

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Re:Having trouble with the IRS site? Try all caps by aspenmayer on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @09:50AM (#23019146)
I recently had a broken phone screen and had to find a password entry workaround. On iOS pasting in fields that show the iOS keyboard seems to always be enabled, but rotation of the keyboard in landscape mode is disabled on some password entry fields for some reason. A quick workaround is the notes app for a quick copy paste and the calculator app for numbers if needed, although I wish there was a way to toggle comma separation in the iOS calculator.
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