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dave Premium Member join:2000-05-04 not in ohio	dave to 19579823 Premium Member 2013-Mar-9 10:48 am to 19579823 Re: said by 19579823: I guess but the password field shows ************ for a reason!! Yeah, a reason that never ever applies to me. I don't use paper-based computer terminals. There's no-one looking over my shoulder. The display is gone in the time it takes me to type a few characters and hit ENTER. Since none of those are problems for me, there's no reason to obscure the password. Making it optional (and requiring explicit action to reveal) is a good solution. Another good solution is the iOS approach of showing the actual character for a split-second and then blobbing it out; that is not safe if there are overlookers, but it's configurable.
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StuartMW Premium Member join:2000-08-06 2 edits	StuartMW Premium Member 2013-Mar-9 11:23 am As I discovered, when researching the feature yesterday, some people like it while others hate it. As per my (and others) link you can disable it. No biggie... PS: I remember using a DECwriter
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dave Premium Member join:2000-05-04 not in ohio	dave Premium Member 2013-Mar-9 12:47 pm Oh, one of those high-speed modern devices? With the fancy lower case? It was the ASR33 for me.
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StuartMW Premium Member join:2000-08-06	StuartMW Premium Member 2013-Mar-9 12:55 pm Yeah well I've used one of those too 110 baud is fast enough for anyone
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nonymous (banned) join:2003-09-08 Glendale, AZ 1 recommendation	nonymous (banned) to dave Member 2013-Mar-9 3:43 pm to dave said by dave: said by 19579823: I guess but the password field shows ************ for a reason!! Yeah, a reason that never ever applies to me. I don't use paper-based computer terminals. There's no-one looking over my shoulder. The display is gone in the time it takes me to type a few characters and hit ENTER. Since none of those are problems for me, there's no reason to obscure the password. Making it optional (and requiring explicit action to reveal) is a good solution. Another good solution is the iOS approach of showing the actual character for a split-second and then blobbing it out; that is not safe if there are overlookers, but it's configurable. But if it doesn't show ***** it is not sent encrypted. All truly encrypted passwords are sent as ***** over the net. Plus each character as it is typed in is individually encrypted as it's ' * ' counter part. The ' * ' may look alike but in reality are like individual snowflakes.
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dave Premium Member join:2000-05-04 not in ohio 1 recommendation	dave Premium Member 2013-Mar-9 11:42 pm I never noticed that, because '********' is my actual password.
	actions · 2013-Mar-9 11:42 pm ·
19579823 (banned) An Awesome Dude join:2003-08-04	19579823 (banned) Member 2013-Mar-10 11:09 am Someone try it and see if they get login to daves acct
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