I was looking through the server logs for this site tonight and I noticed a user-agent that I hadn’t seen before. It turns out that the National Library of NZ is trying to take a snapshot of all New Zealand sites to archive as part of their mandate to preserve cultural history.
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First some facts…
Fact 1:
None of us can remember the passwords for the dozens of web sites we re all registered on. That is why web browsers all optionally store logon information and automatically fill out logon pages when we revisit a site.
Fact 2:
Web browsers do all support a special type of input control type specifically for passwords. Nothing entered into a password field is displayed, any characters are all displayed as asterisks. This prevents the password from being observed, either when it is first typed nor when it is automatically entered on subsequent visits to the page.
Fact 3:
Most web browsers allow you to type Javascript code into the address bar. This code is run in the context of the currently displayed document and has access to the object model.
Hmmmmmmmm…
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