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Web Analytics Accidentally Collecting Passwords
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freshpaint.io
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luu
84 days ago
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UltraSane
84 days ago
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Have you ever accidentally typed your password into the username field and pressed enter? Now it is in some log somewhere.
albert_e
84 days ago
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Like Microsoft windows Recall maybe
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-ste...
shermozle
84 days ago
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Seems to have been memory holed:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250128092802/https://www.fresh...
IgorPartola
84 days ago
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I honestly can’t decide what I hate more: the fact that secret values can just be accessed by any JS on the page or that people keep using telemetry libraries and services. Probably the latter, but I am honestly not sure.
AyyEye
84 days ago
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A tale as old as time. Medical records, passwords, private comms... Why even pretend it's a bug and not a feature at this point?
wbakst
84 days ago
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super sketchy that they chose to remove it seemingly knowing it was necessary...
yencabulator
81 days ago
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