Comments on: iPhone 2.0 password masking http://rc3.org/2008/07/13/iphone-20-password-masking/ Strong opinions weakly held Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:37:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Court Kizer http://rc3.org/2008/07/13/iphone-20-password-masking/comment-page-1/#comment-6033 Court Kizer Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:48:57 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8289#comment-6033 <p>How is this a security issue? If the user can see the last character on your iPhone screen, then they could see you type the character just as easily. It really doesn't matter if the password is masked. If security is that important to you, I'd really suggest you not type passwords into a website form field.</p> <p>I think it's the illusion of security you are after and not security at all.</p> How is this a security issue? If the user can see the last character on your iPhone screen, then they could see you type the character just as easily. It really doesn’t matter if the password is masked. If security is that important to you, I’d really suggest you not type passwords into a website form field.

I think it’s the illusion of security you are after and not security at all.

]]> By: Nicholas Paldino http://rc3.org/2008/07/13/iphone-20-password-masking/comment-page-1/#comment-2868 Nicholas Paldino Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:12:39 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8289#comment-2868 <p>Unngh, I absolutely HATE this feature, and I am desperately looking for a way to shut it off. It's a huge security issue, IMO.</p> <p>I don't really care if it is helpful for others, I just want to shut it off.</p> Unngh, I absolutely HATE this feature, and I am desperately looking for a way to shut it off. It’s a huge security issue, IMO.

I don’t really care if it is helpful for others, I just want to shut it off.

]]> By: Adam http://rc3.org/2008/07/13/iphone-20-password-masking/comment-page-1/#comment-2826 Adam Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:07:57 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8289#comment-2826 <p>Has been the same on Sony Ericsson phones for years too...</p> Has been the same on Sony Ericsson phones for years too…

]]> By: Patrick Mueller http://rc3.org/2008/07/13/iphone-20-password-masking/comment-page-1/#comment-2824 Patrick Mueller Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:23:06 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8289#comment-2824 <p>On my N800 (with the OS2008 version of the OS), I get the last-char-for-a-second thing with password prompters for applications, but don't get it with password fields in the web browser.</p> On my N800 (with the OS2008 version of the OS), I get the last-char-for-a-second thing with password prompters for applications, but don’t get it with password fields in the web browser.

]]> By: Anonymous http://rc3.org/2008/07/13/iphone-20-password-masking/comment-page-1/#comment-2823 Anonymous Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:15:57 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8289#comment-2823 <p>This has been the standard password input field behavior on Nokia phone web browsers for years -- but interestingly enough, not on the 770 tablet.</p> This has been the standard password input field behavior on Nokia phone web browsers for years — but interestingly enough, not on the 770 tablet.

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