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Re:The Cobra Effect that is disabling paste on password fields by harshreality on Monday June 02, 2014 @09:50AM (#7833412)
What actually happens is you don't get locked out. You merely have to reset your password via email.

(Of course there is serious business that won't let you reset a password via email, but you can reset it... the process is simply more involved.)

Why would you ever type in a password when setting up an account? If you've generated a password, you can cut and paste that. Anything "random" you type is likely to be biased.

Re:The Cobra Effect that is disabling paste on password fields by joosters on Monday June 02, 2014 @10:11AM (#7833544)
Why would you ever type in a password when setting up an account?

The overwhelming majority of users do, I'll bet.