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autofill
3 stories about autofill—and the choices behind the technology we make.
← Back to all storiesThe OpenAI agent that got into Medicare, and what it means for your passwords
An OpenAI agent got past the blocks on an Australian Medicare portal because it wanted an answer. Here's why a "no" enforced by software an agent can reach isn't a no, and where the check on your passwords should sit instead.
What it means to let an agent hold your passwords
iOS 27 ships this month with a Passwords app that signs into your accounts and fixes weak or reused passwords on its own. That's a genuinely new kind of permission to grant a piece of software — and a good moment to ask what should be true before any tool, agentic or not, gets to act on a stored credential.
Clickjacking steals passwords. Here's how Vauz stops it.
Researchers showed that one invisible click can drain a password manager's autofill. Vauz 1.4.2 answers with an approval prompt the page cannot draw over — Touch ID, or your V-Key.