The browser (the shared computer) is the one that has the requirement that it not try to save passwords. it is the client user-agent that has the oddball policy.it is not the web-server that has the oddball policy.That is because in the case of a shared kiosk: We don't want someone to (accidentally or intentionally) save their password so they next user could use it.Īny attempt by any web-site to circumvent the browser's preference is wrong I have a shared, public area, kiosk style computer. There are people who bring up a good use-case: Microsoft even had to explain before IE11 that it wasn't a bug in the browser - that the web-site was broken: Why Won’t IE Remember My Login Info? ( archive.is) What if I'm a special snowflake? There is no reason known why a web-site should try to disable saving of passwords. IE11 fixed the bug of not being able to auto-complete passwords ( archive.is)Īny attempt by any web-site to circumvent the browser's preference is wrong that is why browsers ignore it.Chrome's announcement when they began ignoring autocomplete=off ( archive.is).Bugzilla Bug 956906 - ignore autocomplete='off' when offering to save passwords via the password manager ( archive.is).The reason browsers are ignoring autocomplete=off is because there have been some web-sites that tried to disable auto-completing of passwords.Īnd in July 2014, Firefox was the last major browser to finally implement the change to ignore any web-site that tries to turn off autocompleting of passwords. How can you prevent Chrome (and all browsers) from prompting to save this password? It's actually quite important the user of the computer does not know this password - someone else must enter it in for them - so if the browser saves it that would be bad. It is a password, therefore it shouldn't be visible as plain text in the input box, but it's not a password that should ever be saved - it's not login credentials. There's no other input box on this page, and no other browser prompts to save this password, so I don't know why Chrome does. Chrome was recently updated with an annoying popup that comes down from an icon in the address bar and prompts to save a password on the page when the user submits the form.

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