If purpose of an OTP (One Time Password) is temporary usage, then what purpose is served by keeping OTP fields masked?
Even if anyone can view that password while user is typing it, IMO there is no harm in it.
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Sign up to join this communityIf purpose of an OTP (One Time Password) is temporary usage, then what purpose is served by keeping OTP fields masked?
Even if anyone can view that password while user is typing it, IMO there is no harm in it.
Due to the inherent inertia of user expectations. Users have been conditioned to expect their characters to be masked in a real password entry field, so we mask the password to match expectations.