Stop Password Masking

[eslerj at gmail.com (Joel Esler)]

What about Shoulder surfing?  Haven't you ever watched "Hackers"?

J

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
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