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draw_down on June 15, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: “autocomplete=off is ignored on non-login input el...

So you defeat the autocomplete by messing with attributes in a slightly different way, and we've just gone in a circle. Great job everybody.

mikeash on June 15, 2016 [–]

That's pretty much the story of the web from day one, and I'm not sure if it can actually be avoided. The incentives and desires of the content producers, browser makers, and users are all too different.

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