Hey @EMPIRETECANDY , I got one of your IPC-T5442T-ZEB cameras off Amazon. On both Mac & PC, using the Chrome browser, it seems that I cannot paste a password into the login screen, either with a right-click "paste" or "paste as plain text" selection or using ctrl-v. When doing any of these actions, nothing is actually pasted or changes in the display. I have ensured that I am only copying plain text, in case the issue was pasting html content. I am able to paste into the username field, but not into the password field. This inability to paste a password also prevents password managers like 1Password from working, which in turn makes it difficult to use longer, more secure passwords.
The firmware is V2.800.0000000.19.R, Build Date: 2020-07-09. For everyone else's benefit, I believe this is effectively an updated version of the IPC-HDW5231R-ZE that I also own and believe many of you also have.
This would seem to be an intentional effort, perhaps trying to limit spam-bots from auto-populating the password. While I appreciate most any effort to block spam-bots, this will encourage users to use only simple, short passwords that can be remembered and typed quickly. The inability to use a password manager is a big downside.
I realize some people may seldom (or never) use the html login screen, so they wouldn't care about the inability to paste passwords and they would like this "feature." But for those of us who do login to the html screen, this is a painful regression. Ironically, I wouldn't care if I couldn't paste into the username (which might also stop spam-bots), since I can easily remember my username. However, it's difficult-to-impossible to remember a good password so I'd really like to retain the ability to paste into the password field.
@EMPIRETECANDY Do you know if this was intentional, or is there some way to allow pasting passwords again? If this was intentional, perhaps Dahua can make it an optional setting for users who want it? Or disable pasting into the username, but allow pasting into the password?
The firmware is V2.800.0000000.19.R, Build Date: 2020-07-09. For everyone else's benefit, I believe this is effectively an updated version of the IPC-HDW5231R-ZE that I also own and believe many of you also have.
This would seem to be an intentional effort, perhaps trying to limit spam-bots from auto-populating the password. While I appreciate most any effort to block spam-bots, this will encourage users to use only simple, short passwords that can be remembered and typed quickly. The inability to use a password manager is a big downside.
I realize some people may seldom (or never) use the html login screen, so they wouldn't care about the inability to paste passwords and they would like this "feature." But for those of us who do login to the html screen, this is a painful regression. Ironically, I wouldn't care if I couldn't paste into the username (which might also stop spam-bots), since I can easily remember my username. However, it's difficult-to-impossible to remember a good password so I'd really like to retain the ability to paste into the password field.
@EMPIRETECANDY Do you know if this was intentional, or is there some way to allow pasting passwords again? If this was intentional, perhaps Dahua can make it an optional setting for users who want it? Or disable pasting into the username, but allow pasting into the password?