> this paper suggests that with a control it's not too scary to default to shown. I’d rather have password masking be the default everywhere. Consider for exa

> this paper suggests that with a control it's not too scary to default to shown. I’d rather have password masking be the default everywhere. Consider for example lecturers using the computer in a room full of people, prominently displaying their screen on the projector for all to see. Or anyone in a business meeting for that matter, using a projector or sharing their screen through teleconferencing. If you are fast at typing you could type out a lot of your password before catching the fact that everyone is seeing your password. And if you are a hunt-and-peck typist you might be slow but you might also be looking at the keyboard the whole time as you are typing out your password, and therefore not catch the fact that everyone is seeing your password.