Timeline for Which is the better UX for a user to see their password at the login screen?
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| Feb 17, 2015 at 15:18 | history | edited | Okavango | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 11, 2015 at 16:56 | comment | added | DaveAlger | Things outside your control allow users to remember their login info and this could allow people other than the original user to read a password. Be careful. | |
| Feb 11, 2015 at 8:14 | history | edited | Okavango | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 10, 2015 at 18:10 | comment | added | Okavango | @supercat I agree ! It should default to "masked" the majority of users will expect this behaviour and this should also give them control upfront. | |
| Feb 10, 2015 at 18:04 | comment | added | supercat | I think having the "show password" default to off would be better than having it default to on, since people might instinctively start to type in their password--even on a computer being used for a presentation--before realizing that it will be shown. | |
| Feb 10, 2015 at 8:02 | history | edited | Okavango | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 10, 2015 at 5:31 | history | answered | Okavango | CC BY-SA 3.0 |