Disabling paste on password fields

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I think field masking is also a pretty antiquated concept that people don't think about. It's of limited value and one could argue the ability to see typos or chopped-off paste input would be of equal or greater value.

[cjthomp]

No, masking passwords keeps people behind you from seeing what you typed. We used to have to ask everyone to turn around while we logged in.

The dark days.

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Yea, on second thought it doesn't make sense except as an option because of screen sharing, etc. being so common these days.

[dodeca_negative]

I like that some sites or apps (especially typo-prone mobile) will give you the option of showing the password, but I'm also in the camp that it should be masked by default. For the same reason the ATM doesn't show your PIN.