It's Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead

Re:It's Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was ... by Nifty3929 on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @11:05AM (#45504024)

Oh man! Focus stealing is the worst! Bitwarden used to do this while I was typing my master password, stealing focus in the middle of what I'm typing to ask if I want to interrupt what I'm trying to accomplish to get their next minor upgrade. Which, of course typing my password very quickly I often hit enter at that moment, forcing me down an upgrade path. Beside the point of having my typing part of my password into a context it wasn't meant for. I think they've fixed it though.

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Re:It's Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was ... by MichaelZuo on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @11:04PM (#45511611)

Why would you mindlessly type away when you already know ahead of time, that they might be doing something tricky?

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Re:It's Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was ... by delaminator on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @06:18AM (#45514373)

because the previous 30 times it didn't do it

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Re:It's Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was ... by MichaelZuo on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @07:19PM (#45521731)

Then it clearly it is an issue of overconfidence.

Since you can’t reliably catch 100% of tricks 100% of the time, continuing to do so is effectively guaranteering yourself to be tripped up in that 1 out of 100 times.

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