I think that the previous behaviour was better. (covering the password with bullets).
At least the phones only show one character at a time, not the whole password. Cheers. On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Dan Mashal <dan.mas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > In the latest Fedora 19 Beta TC2 install after I got through the > initial steps of the install I started to setup my root password. > > To my surprise my password was shown in plain text instead of bullets. > > I believe that this is a major security risk and that this is a new UI > change going forward and this is not a bug. > > Do you think this is a good idea? > > What if you are installing and someone is looking over your shoulder > and you don't know about this new "UI improvement"? > > Someone would see a password that you may or may not often use whether > it's secure or not. > > Even if someone watched you type the password or recorded it with a > camera, that would be harder to decrypt than just showing it in plain > text while you type it in to anaconda. > > In addition, it was stated that this is becoming a "popular" UI > enhancement but there was no documentation provided as to where this > is popular. In my experience you would click on an icon next to the > dialog box if you wanted to see the password. This is what is becoming > popular. Not showing it as plain text while you type. > > Thoughts? > > Dan > -- > devel mailing list > devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
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