Windows 11 now warns when typing your password in Notepad, websites

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Post by VoidSetAndMatch » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 5:48 AM UTC

Windows 11 now warns when typing your password in Notepad, websites
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Post by josephcsible » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 5:59 AM UTC

I wonder whether this will alert on every new third-party password manager.

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Post by elmerfud » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 6:59 AM UTC

How about just globally disabling focus stealing by all applications? That would prevent a lot of this outright. For some reason this basic security hole has been around since day one with no desire to correct it.

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Post by voakbasda » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 3:34 PM UTC

Does this mean Windows keeps your password around in clear text (or reversible encoding)? Why bother having the user type it, if the OS can read it right out.