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

4 pointsby nikbackm6 months ago

4 comments

keernan6 months ago
This only protects your windows 11 logon password. I have a 100 passwords. I suppose it's nice to get a warning if I type one of them into notepad <sigh>, although to accomplish that windows has to store my password in its memory whereas I'd much prefer my password to be stored solely in my memory.
throwaway76796 months ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20040604194346&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bash.org&#x2F;?244321" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20040604194346&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bash.org&#x2F;?...</a>
johnklos6 months ago
Does any of us have any belief that anyone at Microsoft is cognizant enough to add a &quot;feature&quot; like this that won&#x27;t eventually be used to brute force passwords and&#x2F;or can be used as a denial of service vector? I can&#x27;t imagine Microsoft thinking this through properly.
nikbackm6 months ago
I noticed this today when I had a keyboard macro write out my password in Notepad and then got quite surprised by the warning, even if it apparently has been around a few years already.<p>Doing the same in e.g. Notepad++ does not trigger any warnings though.