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ghayes
on May 4, 2014
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Chrome's experiment of hiding the URL is great for...
But `input[type="password"]` would cover the majority of login forms. At the least, it would force the con-artist have to mimic a native password box, which is more likely to get caught by the end-user.
nodata
on May 4, 2014
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Yes. Anything that doesn't use a password field is normally a giant hack anyway.
nyrina
on May 5, 2014
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So facebook's mobile login page wouldn't trigger, for example.
It's not as simple as peolpe think of it. It never is.
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