Masked passwords must go ? The Register
Websites should stop masking passwords as users type because it does not improve security and makes websites harder to use, according to two of the technology world's leading thinkers.
Usability expert Jakob Nielsen and security expert Bruce Schneier both think websites should stop blanking out passwords as users type them in. They say the practice inconveniences users with no security benefit at all.
Most websites that require passwords allow a user to see the login name as it is typed in but replace the password with dots or asterisks as it is typed so that the password cannot be viewed either by another person looking at the screen or by the user.
What are your thoughts? As a heavy computer user, I don't get put off with my password being masked. I find it reassuring that I don't have to worry about people watching me as I type it.
Is this article touching on a point, or just a waste of Internet space?