We all use Facebook. For most, its a part of their daily lives.
You all know that when we type a password, it comes up as small dots, preventing us from seeing the password.
Well theres actually a work around this.
Step 1: Type your password as seen in the first screen shot. As usual the dots come up
Step 2: Right click on the password text box and click 'inspect element'. (I'm on chrome, so it might be different for other browsers)
STEP 3: under the property input type, you'll see it set to 'password'. Simply set it to 'text' and voila! The dots will change into the password you typed.
How it works:
The <td> tag defines a standard cell in an HTML table.
Inside this we have the property of "input type".
By default, its set to "password", which makes anything we type turn into dark colored circles obscuring our view.
By changing it to "text", it changes the dark colored circles into the text we typed.
See the screen shots.
Where is this hack used?
This is actually used many places.
When you're dealing with someone else whose beside you and he asks for you to enter your password be sure to always hit submit before handing back the laptop/phone to him.
A simple trick like this is enough for him to read your password. And with the email address automatically being
stored, you're practically gifting him your account details.
How to prevent this:
Always use incognito mode on your chrome browser. You can access this by cntrl+ shift+ n. This makes everything more secure and your details of everything you entered are automatically cleared on closing chrome.
Plus always remember to hit that submit button whenever you type in a password before handing the device to someone else.
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You all know that when we type a password, it comes up as small dots, preventing us from seeing the password.
Well theres actually a work around this.
Step 1: Type your password as seen in the first screen shot. As usual the dots come up
Step 2: Right click on the password text box and click 'inspect element'. (I'm on chrome, so it might be different for other browsers)
The <td> tag defines a standard cell in an HTML table.
Inside this we have the property of "input type".
By default, its set to "password", which makes anything we type turn into dark colored circles obscuring our view.
By changing it to "text", it changes the dark colored circles into the text we typed.
See the screen shots.
Where is this hack used?
This is actually used many places.
When you're dealing with someone else whose beside you and he asks for you to enter your password be sure to always hit submit before handing back the laptop/phone to him.
A simple trick like this is enough for him to read your password. And with the email address automatically being
stored, you're practically gifting him your account details.
How to prevent this:
Always use incognito mode on your chrome browser. You can access this by cntrl+ shift+ n. This makes everything more secure and your details of everything you entered are automatically cleared on closing chrome.
Plus always remember to hit that submit button whenever you type in a password before handing the device to someone else.
If you found this interesting, please rate it up , share and subscribe. More articles will be up soon
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