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True, but I think most average people do not use password managers. As far as I remember, IE, Firefox, and Chrome all ask to save passwords using a toolbar that slides in at the top or bottom of the page. All average users I have seen when that toolbar appears have ignored it. (I don't know how people react to Safari's modal dialog box, though.)

Probably they consider the toolbar "one of those computer things" and avoid it because they're worried they wouldn't understand it. And if they read it, they might be worried about whether they're really understanding the feature correctly and just ignore it in the end to be safe.



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