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Security Flaw In Internet Explorer

I think I've uncovered a serious security vulnerability in IE:

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It keeps showing my password in plain text before I've even entered it. While this is a useful reminder I can't help thinking it might be a security hole if somebody happened to be looking over my shoulder.

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  1. Well, using "Password" as your password might be the first security flaw... ;-)

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      • Mike
      • Mon 12 Apr 2010 09:52 AM

      Jerry,

      The capital "P" makes it slightly stronger than "password"!

      :-)

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  2. You're one of the people the Support Desk warns me about. :P

  3. Whats a little shared password between friends?!?! LOL

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    • Jon
    • Tue 13 Apr 2010 01:59 PM

    The Security flaw in IE is called HTTP. because everything is flawed.

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    • Garth Thomas
    • Thu 15 Apr 2010 11:40 AM

    yeah, that's less than ideal :\

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