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iOS 8’s predictive QuickType keyboard found to suggest parts of your passwords [updated]


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QuickType, Apple’s new predictive keyboard featured on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices running iOS 8, is reportedly plagued with a potentially dangerous oversight where the software would suggest parts of your passwords that you previously used on websites, as first reported by French-language blog iGen.fr [Google Translate].

 

A new thread on Apple’s Support Communities website includes a note by one user who reported the keyboard offering “OrangeJuice†as a suggestion each time he would type in “AppleUser†because QuickType remembered the â€œOrangeJuice!2†password he previously used to log in to Outlook Web App.


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