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Why do sites disable pasting in password fields?

It’s 2023, why are websites actively preventing pasting into fields like passwords and credit card number boxes? I use a password manager for security, it’s recommended by my employer to use one, and it even avoids human error like accidentally fat-fingering keys, and best of all with the credit card number I don’t have to...

R51,

uh if you’ve got a keylogger on your system, clipboard access is not that far away

R51,

IMO I don’t think “convenience” is a fair argument. If Windows did not allow their users to install another client, that would be one thing. But just pre-installing something on their own OS isn’t grounds for any complaint whatsoever. You don’t get to complain that Company XYZ makes a product A and bundles it with their product B and makes it more convenient for users lmao. Users have the means to install any client they want.

R51,

oof… i’m gonna go with slightly above average luck

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