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Re: Stop Password Masking

Bruce Schneier comments on this:

»www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2···_co.html
I think Schneier sums it up well with
said by Schneier :
I was certainly too glib. Like any security countermeasure, password masking has value. But like any countermeasure, password masking is not a panacea. And the costs of password masking need to be balanced with the benefits.
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