5/30/2023 0 Comments Flycut pastes into different input![]() ![]() I suspect the response to this will be to avoid using copy/paste for login credentials and instead rely on autofill or typed entry, which is fine, but I guess my overriding question is why is copy/paste available as an option when it seems to be inherently insecure? ![]() Unless I’m missing something really obvious, this seems like a significant security risk for a solution that is supposed to tighten up a user’s digital security. I do not have Windows clipboard history enabled on my laptop (but if I do activate it any copied passwords remain visible until manually cleared or overwritten when the clipboard reaches capacity) but I cannot find a way of preventing Android/Microsoft Swiftkey from retaining multiple clipboard items, including any passwords that may have been copied from BW. I use Windows 10 on my laptop and Android 11 with Microsoft Swiftkey on my smartphone. ![]() I’ve spent a considerable amount of time researching and testing various password managers recently and had almost settled on BitWarden (BW) as my preferred option but at the eleventh hour I was alarmed to discover that when using the copy/paste password option in BW the copied items remain visible in the clipboard history even after the configured ‘Clear Clipboard’ period has elapsed. I have discovered a number of threads on the following topic in this community but none of those that I have come across have provided me with a satisfactory answer, hence my own post on the subject. ![]()
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