If you paste your password on my bank's website they ask you to retype it in

Posted by bankthrowaway on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:23AM
from the i.imgur.com dept.

https://i.imgur.com/Jpy5O5D.mp4

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Re:If you paste your password on my bank's website they ask ... by hw-guy on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @08:25AM (#27747511)

Requiring users to type a password is a strong incentive to choose one that is easy to type.

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Re:If you paste your password on my bank's website they ask ... by news_user on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:32AM (#27745994)

Wouldn't copy-pasting be a better option considering that when you type a password it could be key-logged?

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Re:If you paste your password on my bank's website they ask ... by aritmo on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:49AM (#27746123)

When you copy-paste, you first 'copy' and the password is in the global clipboard. Some other app may be able to read the clipboard and get your password.

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Re:If you paste your password on my bank's website they ask ... by netizen-936824 on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @07:17AM (#27746826)

So the solution is to have them redo it after it was already on the global clipboard? Seems nonsensical

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Re:If you paste your password on my bank's website they ask ... by readonthegoapp on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @02:45PM (#27752674)

I've been semi trying to keep my work and personal computing separate

Like some recent HN article demanded

Its impossible

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