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I've pasted my ultra long pwd in the username field and hit enter. It happened more than once on logins where the form is split into two steps (I am talking to you Google). Why do they split the u/p fields into two steps? Does it add security? Better UX?


The first login page allows you to choose from multiple accounts. But yes, this could just as easily have been done through browser auto complete, but doing it this way means Google can track/link your multiple accounts.


Reference on this?




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