iOS’s New Keyboard QuickType Found to Suggest Passwords

A security flaw in Apple's new predictive keyboard suggests passwords from other programs, apps and websites.

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Apple’s new iOS 8 predictive keyboard, QuickType, is suggesting what most users don’t want: their passwords. The error happens when users start typing the first three letters of passwords used in other programs, apps or on websites they’ve frequented. It doesn’t appear to be common or easily duplicated, so most users may not even notice.

The security flaw was first reported on Igen.fr after security researcher Stefan Esser tweeted about the problem:

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