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makomk on June 26, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on pass...

Sites already do, but that doesn't stop users from copy-and-pasting from password generators or typing the password elsewhere and copy-and-pasting that twice.

Retr0spectrum on June 26, 2016 [–]

Enabling the use of password managers is a good thing.

A user typing the password elsewhere probably means they were able to see it while they type, and are therefore less likely to make a mistake.

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