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Old 02-07-09, 19:34   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Masked Passwords - really that *******?

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Originally Posted by Gordon N View Post
Even this isn't secure as Neilsen himself points out, if someone really wants your password and is staring over your shoulder they will be watching your keystrokes not your screen.
Good point, Gordon.

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Ultimately until W3C change the specs for the <input type="password"> tag, as far as the web is concerned things are unlikely to change.
But web designers aren't obliged to use that tag. There's nothing stopping you using an ordinary input field for a password. I wonder how many of them use it either out of habit or because they assume it's the only thing to do.
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