If I have a web form where a user enters sensitive information, such
as a SS#, is there any way for a web site to prohibit any browser from
remembering data for specific fields (IE's autocomplete)?

Any tricks?

ojasrege@yahoo.com wrote:

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is there any way for a web site to prohibit any browser from
remembering data for specific fields (IE's autocomplete)?

Even though the autocomplete attribute is non-standard, browsers other
than IE support it. gecko-based browsers have for a long time, but I
can't say about KHTML browsers, or Opera.

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Berg

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:08:32 -0700, ojasrege@yahoo.com wrote:

>If I have a web form where a user enters sensitive information, such
>as a SS#, is there any way for a web site to prohibit any browser from
>remembering data for specific fields (IE's autocomplete)?
>
>Any tricks?

You could add a random number to the end of the field's name
attribute. E.G. <input type="textbox" name="ssecuritynumber284625" />

Depending on the sort of CGI you use, you can strip the numbers out
and retrieve the original form name.

The browser would still remember it but it there would be a very slim
chance of ever popping up again.
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Brendan Gillatt
www.brendangillatt.co.uk
GPG: 0xBACD7433

Brendan Gillatt <brendan@brendanREMOVETHISgillatt.co.ukwrites:

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:08:32 -0700, ojasrege@yahoo.com wrote:
>

>
You could add a random number to the end of the field's name
attribute. E.G. <input type="textbox" name="ssecuritynumber284625" />
>
Depending on the sort of CGI you use, you can strip the numbers out
and retrieve the original form name.
>
The browser would still remember it but it there would be a very slim
chance of ever popping up again.

True, but one reason to worry about such things is that the
information is stored at all -- for example on a laptop this might be
stolen I don't really want any form data to saved in an accessible
format.

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Ben.