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What is it with services now separating username and password fields? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by redballooon@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Back in the old times, on the sites I log in regularly, my browser filled in both username and password. I clicked "Log in" once, and I was set to go.

But no more. Now it's all first a username, then a password. From what I saw, Apple started this many years ago, but now this bother really spread. And it's not like I can just double-click on the same screen area, oh no. Animations make sure that I have to wait several hundred milliseconds before the password field is there, and depending on the site, I even have to select from my browser, which login I want to use, twice!

Why, oh why?

All my screens are really big enough to display 2 text fields. What are arguments for this behavior? I don't see any.

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[-] Plagiatus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

So far Bitwarden has been doing great for me, too.

[-] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Are you using the auto-fill on page load? I heard that is a security risk.

For me I have to <> <>, <> <>

To login to these forms, and on mobile this means unlocking my vault twice (which happens to be a bit annoying bc my Face ID is broken)

[-] Plagiatus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I do not use auto fill, no.

But at least you should be able to unlock your vault once and then keep it unlocked for a few minutes so you don't need to double up. Maybe try the browser extension that you can get for Firefox (both desktop and mobile).

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