Re: Copy paste for authentication

I personally find that much less of a barrier than having to pick 
various letters from a remembered password.

Of course there are manifold issues with cut and paste implementations

* Selection is sometime hard with touch UI (unless a nice "copy all" 
option provided)
* Source application may not support copy
* Paste to the target may have been disable by misguided impelmentations

These are all implementation problems though, not isue with being able 
to cut and paste per se

Steve

On 15/09/2020 10:50, Alastair Campbell wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> An interesting question has come up about Accessible Authentication.
> 
> https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/1292
> 
> The crux of it seems to be: Is copy-pasting a code (e.g. a one-time 
> access code) an issue?
> 
> If that is a reliable method for the people this SC is aiming to help, 
> we need to account for that.
> 
>  From the experience of individuals in the group (directly or through 
> observation), is copy-pasting a code (e.g. 6 digits) from one app to 
> another a significant barrier?
> 
> E.g. if you receive a 6 digit code via SMS, is pasting that into a 
> website (or other app) an issue?
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> -Alastair
> 
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> 
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> 

Received on Tuesday, 15 September 2020 11:46:15 UTC