Well, that's certainly part of the point, but it's also to prevent casual shoulder surfing/people walking by/etc... I guess I'd prefer to see something like ho

Well, that's certainly part of the point, but it's also to prevent casual shoulder surfing/people walking by/etc... I guess I'd prefer to see something like how the iPhone handles it, where each char is shown for split second before being masked. It lets you see that you haven't typo'ed, and yet ensures that your whole password is never sitting on the screen.