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

by nikbackm on 12/2/24, 3:54 PM with 4 comments

  • by keernan on 12/2/24, 4:58 PM

    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.

  • by throwaway7679 on 12/2/24, 4:21 PM

  • by johnklos on 12/2/24, 5:20 PM

    Does 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.

  • by nikbackm on 12/2/24, 7:36 PM

    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.

    Doing the same in e.g. Notepad++ does not trigger any warnings though.