Stop Being Helpful

At first, they simply turned autocomplete off for passwords. A quick greasemonkey script fixed that. Then, they escalated and added calls to the form and page to turn off autocomplete as well. Again, minor issue, and a quick fix to the script was all I needed. That’s when they suddenly went hardball.

Amusing write up of how webmasters go out of their way to make sure user accounts remain secure, by making it harder to login.

✓ Monday, 7 July '08


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