So the browser may offer to auto-fill what appears to be the same types of field only sometimes.
One of the reasons that things appear so confusing is that things are, in fact, very inconsistent. The key is that it’s a button that signifies you are done entering in your information into the on-page form, and wish to submit it to the website.Īlmost all browsers have the option to remember what you typed on most types of forms and form fields, so that they can offer to automatically fill that information for you the next time that form field comes around, thus saving you the effort of having to type that information in again yourself.Īs you’ve seen, some browsers are smart enough to recognize all the fields in a form at once. It doesn’t have to be “Submit” – it could be “Ask Leo!” or “Enter this contest” or “Coffee is awesome”. When you ask a question here on Ask Leo! you’re filling in a form on the ask-a-question page:Īnother good clue that a form is being used is that there’ll be a button, often labelled “Submit” that you click to finalize or submit the information you’ve just entered to the website. Basically anything you can type into that’s on a web page is called a “form” – as in a form you fill out. Where things get confusing is with this concept of a “form”. (I also recommend turning off “Offer to save your web passwords”, but that’s a different discussion.) Of forms and auto-fill You should no longer see information automatically fill in when you start typing into web forms. Now, scroll down into the newly-displayed advanced settings and look for Passwords and Forms: Scroll to the bottom of the settings page that takes you to, and click on Show Advanced Settings…: In the resulting drop-down menu, click on Settings: Go to your Google Chrome settings by clicking the “ hamburger” menu at the far right of the toolbar:
Since this is so concerning to you, before I explain what’s happening, let’s turn the “automatically filling” feature off. It’s simply your browser doing its best to be helpful. There’s nothing deep, dark or nefarious going on here. There’s a lot of confusion when a browser (yes, any browser) automatically fills in something on web page when we start typing. *Note to self – uninstall Google Chrome.* Surely Google can’t be allowed to get away with this, and anyway, either way, the rest of your readers need to know of this gaping hole in security created by Google?
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SO the question is – how to prevent this happening by default – after all, this means that ANYONE who uses this PC has access to all my son’s personal info. The entry form came from a local newspaper and is nothing directly to do with Google or their services. He assures me he has not activated any autofill or checked any ‘remember me’ boxes and (since he’s well over 30yo and totally honest) I believe him. Today I went to fill out a form for entry to a competition: as soon as I entered the first ‘S’ of the name, Google filled out the WHOLE of the rest of the form with HIS mobile number, HIS email, in fact all his personal details. My son occasionally uses the PC but always with Chrome.
I have a PC which I normally use with Firefox, but sometimes Chrome (usually when page translation is needed). Is there any way we can stop Google doing this (anti-privacy) stuff?
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