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Bravo! Now can we get rid of those dumb password entry fields that show you a typed character for 2 seconds, then convert it to a dot? With no option to "Show p
by bediger4000 2y ago
Bravo! Now can we get rid of those dumb password entry fields that show you a typed character for 2 seconds, then convert it to a dot? With no option to "Show password"?
That's a practice that was maybe good in the days of large monitors with a large viewing angle, and large fonts. It might have been possible to shoulder surf back in the day, but now we have small screens with narrow fields of view that display tiny fonts, and are held less than a foot from your face. It's not possible to shoulder surf these days.
- bdcrazy 2y agoI'd wager shoulder surfing was never that likely, but it is much less likely today and much harder. However, high def recording is much more prevalent these days. The one thing I like that some password forms have started doing is obscure the username. Usually the first time you enter it, its plausible to grab, but subsequent entries, only grabbing the password, if it is at all feasible, isn't as useful without the username.
- bediger4000 2y agoI'm sincerely glad I haven't seen login forms that obscure the user ID. Blind user ID entry, followed by 10+ characy,high entropy password, also blind, on a tiny keyboard with no tactile feedback. Don't know about you, but my fingertip can cover 2 phone keyboard virtual keys, and touch corners of 3 or 4 at once. Logging in is already excruciating. That would make logins secure by making them impossible.