Don't use autofill in your browser
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Don't use autofill in your browser
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Re: Don't use autofill in your browser
#2well I don't get the justification for the headline
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#3I just don't store credit card details in my browser. Auto-complete for emails is extremely handy and I use that all the time, but does purchasing things online really need to be any easier?
I don't mind reaching for my wallet there; it forces you to make a conscious decision to spend the money, which is at least slightly better than a 1-click impulse.
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#4Doesn't seem to be an issue in Firefox, as far as I can tell. Certainly didn't fill any other fields for me.
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#5Should be easy to make a proof of concept page to scare people dumb enough to have credit card auto-complete.
Just make hidden form fields for every field name you can think of, then make some onload javascript to welcome them to the page with any fields that aren't empty.
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#6This is weird, I'm on chrome but it doesn't happen for me...
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#7This is weird, I'm on chrome but it doesn't happen for me...
Same here.
Re: Don't use autofill in your browser
#8Should be easy to make a proof of concept page to scare people dumb enough to have credit card auto-complete. Just make hidden form fields for every field name you can think of, then make some onload javascript to welcome them to the page with any fields that aren't empty.
Oh, c'mon! Storing credit card data in Autofill is actually recommended by Google and considered secure: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/142893?hl=en
You shouldn't call people dumb for following Google's instructions. I agree with you that storing CC details in a web browser is a bad idea, but we should take issue with Chrome here (and other browsers) not with regular "dumb" users.
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#9Safari tells you what is actually going to autocomplete, so you could easily catch stuff that should not be sent...
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#10Web devs can recommend input fields not use autocomplete:
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_input_autocomplete.asp
It's considered good practice to use it on login fields, but otherwise depends on whether you think security or user preference should take priority.