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Stop Password Masking
From: tkrabec at gmail.com (Tim Krabec)
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:15:57 -0400
My mobile device the lowly i335 shows the letter you are typing but then reverts it back to a star when you go to the next character. Kinda nice On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Aaron <subdriven at gmail.com> wrote:
I read an interesting article about removing the mask from passwords. For mobile devices I think it would be a great idea. For some desktops, I know it would cut down on support calls. In other instances I think they must stay masked. I was just wondering what the rest of the PDC list thought. I have links to the articles below. Summary: Usability suffers when users type in passwords and the only feedback they get is a row of bullets. Typically, masking passwords doesn't even increase security, but it does cost you business due to login failures. Main article here: (http://www.useit.com/alertbox/passwords.html) which was also posted to slashdot here ( http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/25/1856214/Nielsen-Recommends-Not-Masking-Passwords ) Regards, Aaron _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list Pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
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