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Auto-Complete Hack by Hiding Filled in Input Fields with CSS
Why you should not use autocomplete • Yoast
Chrome's autocompletetype form filling populates fields the page has hidden with CSS, so a signup form that visibly asks only for an email can silently harvest a full postal address and card details. A live test page demonstrates it, and the advice is to switch browser autofill off until the controls improve.
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- Why you should not use autocomplete • Yoast
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