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Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2022
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Sally L Howard, Eastleigh, GB;

Timothy Andrew Moran, Hampshire, GB;

Emma Jane Dawson, Eastleigh, GB;

Katherine Rose Farmer, Eastleigh, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2125 (2013.01);
Abstract

Technology for password entry security that monitors a text entry field that is not an appropriate text entry field for password entry, and, on condition that a user enters a first portion of a designated user password into the text entry field, then machine logic deletes and/or obscures at least the first portion of the password from the text entry field so that it cannot be espied or intercepted by unauthorized parties. IN some embodiments, an integer number N is designated to determine how many characters must be in the first portion entered by the user before the password text is deleted or obscured.


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