Do you think this is a security risk and if not is it a bad UI decision?

[Mathieu Bridon]

On Saturday, May 04, 2013 11:28 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 23:26:51 -0400,
>    Rahul Sundaram <metherid at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 05/03/2013 11:22 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>>>
>>> It's not like the people entering the password don't know it is visible.
>>
>> On the contrary, it is entirely unexpected that the UI will not hide it.
>
> Are you refering to someone ther than the person who is looking at the
> screen while typing in their password?

Many people look at the keyboard when they type.

They would realize that the password is visible only ahen they have 
finished typing it.


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Mathieu