undefined | Better HN

0 pointsquenix4y ago0 comments

To be fair it’s fairly easy to check that it didn’t send any data over the wire

0 comments

xpe4y ago

> To be fair it’s fairly easy to check that it didn’t send any data over the wire

... after the fact ...

... for a user of the web app who watches the network panel from their browser's developer tools

You just send false info first.

Well, maybe the site sends all the passwords when you close the tab. The point is not to get used to entering passwords to third party websites.

xpe4y ago

"just"? The above comment is overconfident.

Yeah, 99% of the society also knows how to do that.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

xpe4y ago

> To be fair it’s fairly easy to check that it didn’t send any data over the wire

... after the fact ...

... for a user of the web app who watches the network panel from their browser's developer tools

You just send false info first.

Well, maybe the site sends all the passwords when you close the tab. The point is not to get used to entering passwords to third party websites.

xpe4y ago

"just"? The above comment is overconfident.

Yeah, 99% of the society also knows how to do that.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse