Password fields should not be interrupted by (messaging) pop-ups...
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From: Skybuck Flying on 10 Mar 2010 16:46 Hello, I like to share a short story with you how I once told somebody my password by accident: I was trying to login to hotmail/my account and at the same time msn messenger/windows live, game/chat rooms and what not were active... As I was about to type in my password, a (messaging) pop-up occured, I can't remember exactly... but it was probably a windows live messenger message pop-up... I was probably looking at my keyboard trying to type in my password... or because I coudn't see what I was typing... I typed in my password into msn messenger/windows live/message and quickly pressed enter... (I was also very busy that day, with chatting and helping people out... it was kinda hectic...) So in all that hectic I made a mistake... but mostly because of the pop-up which "stole the focus from what I was trying to do/accomplish (which was trying to login securely)". The moral of the story and the tip for the future how this could have been prevented by the operating system/software: "Password fields should not be allowed to be "interrupted"". Anyway... as soon as I realized what happened... I immediatly logged in to my account, and changed my password before anybody could figure out what the hell I was babling about ;) :) It kinda sux... because now I am stuck with a password that I didn't really want :) So that's why I am kinda telling this story... and it could also some day have some nasty consequences for other people... (<-if it isn't fixed...) for example: people who can't change the password (so fast or not at all) once it gets revealed... Bye, Skybuck. |