sddm has the option to show password and it cannot be turned off
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| plasma-workspace (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
It appears that there is no way to turn off the toggle to show the password in plain text.
There are a lot of situations where accidentally having this toggle to show passwords on, while not expecting it. When people are looking at the screen who should not know the password, this is disastrous!
The toggle is hard to see, and there is hardly any visible indication that the password will be readable.
The toggle can be set by anyone having access to the login screen.
Imagine parents who want to have some control over when their children log in to the computer. The children can set the toggle and then when the parent is typing in the secret password, they can just read it.
Or when you are in a public space and you are unaware that the option has been toggled and someone is looking over your shoulder. Etc.
If this option is deemed necessary for/by some users, it should never be on by default and AFAICT it currently (17.04) isn't an option that can be configured.
This bug is solved for me when
- the toggle is made a configurable option
- it is set to disabled by default after installation
