Re: [Zaurus-general] password echo

I think we may have equal people on both sides of this issue. The VNC 
keypebble gives you the option to use plain text or "*" characters. I 
would think giving the user the option would be the best way. It would 
be nice if qtopia/opie allowed for it to be a global option.

Jay

rhkelly wrote:

>
> Can I politely point out to all the developers out there
> that the 'old-time religion' of echoing the password on
> the screen as '*' characters is totally inappropriate
> on PDA's. The danger of someone besides the user
> observing the characters on the screen is miniscule,
> negligable when compared to all other potential security
> problems. On the other hand, the difficulty of using
> that small keyboard and/or on-screen entry makes positive
> feedback that the right key was pressed ot tapped so
> much more important.
>
> R. Kelly
>
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