On Wed Jun 24 15:54:15 2009, Norman Rasmussen wrote:
I would normally reply on the article, but it seems it doesn't have
comment
functionality.
> Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for June 23 is now online, Summary:
>
> Usability suffers when users type in passwords and the only
feedback
> they get is a row of bullets. Typically, masking passwords
doesn't even
> increase security, but it does cost you business due to login
failures.
>
> - ----------------------------------
>
What about my co-worker peering over my shoulder while I type in my
password?
I think the better solution is likely a "Unmask" checkbox. IIRC,
GNOME uses that kind of thing for WiFi pre-shared secrets.
To be honest this is where single-sign-on systems like OpenID are
better,
because you delegate authentication somewhere else (that hopefully
you
already have a session key for).
Well, I'm not so convinced by OpenID as such, but yes, things like
Kerberos, or even simpler things like keyrings unlocked at login, do
seem to work better.
Dave.
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