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Windows 11 now warns when typing your password in Notepad, websites
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- throwaway7679 2y agohttps://web.archive.org/web/20040604194346/http://bash.org/?244321 https://web.archive.org/web/20040604194346/http://bash.org/?...
- keernan 2y agoThis 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.
- johnklos 2y agoDoes any of us have any belief that anyone at Microsoft is cognizant enough to add a "feature" like this that won't eventually be used to brute force passwords and/or can be used as a denial of service vector? I can't imagine Microsoft thinking this through properly.
- nikbackm 2y agoI 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. Doing the same in e.g. Notepad++ does not trigger any warnings though.