So I have a problem with newer browsers saving passwords. Say I have a password box like so:
<input type="password" autocomplete="off" />
New browsers like IE11 and Safari in iOS 7.1 have started ignoring the autocomplete="off" in password boxes specifically and offer the user to save the password. In my company (a bank), we view this as a security concern.
I was wondering if anybody has solved this problem yet. Maybe somebody has written a javascript plugin that masks a normal input[type=text] so that the autocomplete="off" attribute will be respected.
Update:
For a little more information, here is the documentation for autocomplete on msdn: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/ms533486%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
You can make a fake password input with type text using a custom font:
@font-face {
font-family: 'password';
font-style: normal;
font-weight: 400;
src: url(https://jsbin-user-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/rafaelcastrocouto/password.ttf);
}
input.key {
font-family: 'password';
width: 100px; height: 16px;
}
<p>Password: <input class="key" type="text" autocomplete="off" /></p>
Notice that this only raises more security concerns.