[HN Gopher] Web Analytics Accidentally Collecting Passwords
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       Web Analytics Accidentally Collecting Passwords
        
       Author : luu
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2025-01-28 09:20 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.freshpaint.io)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.freshpaint.io)
        
       | wbakst wrote:
       | super sketchy that they chose to remove it seemingly knowing it
       | was necessary...
        
       | IgorPartola wrote:
       | I honestly can't decide what I hate more: the fact that secret
       | values can just be accessed by any JS on the page or that people
       | keep using telemetry libraries and services. Probably the latter,
       | but I am honestly not sure.
        
       | AyyEye wrote:
       | A tale as old as time. Medical records, passwords, private
       | comms... Why even pretend it's a bug and not a feature at this
       | point?
        
       | UltraSane wrote:
       | Have you ever accidentally typed your password into the username
       | field and pressed enter? Now it is in some log somewhere.
        
       | robpruzan wrote:
       | page 404ing?
        
       | shermozle wrote:
       | Seems to have been memory holed:
       | https://web.archive.org/web/20250128092802/https://www.fresh...
        
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