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

[Chris Murphy]

On May 4, 2013, at 3:37 AM, Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org> wrote:
> 
> Or I could also speak of the small non standard keyboard such as macbook
> one where ~ or | are not printed and where using the wrong keyboard
> could result in wrong characters if you are unaware of the problem.

I don't know what this means. On my MBP these characters are printed in all applications including in anaconda's plaintext password field. I've yet to experience the behavior you describe on any Mac.

Chris Murphy