Public bug reported:
Whenever I connect to a new WiFi network, the password dialogue pops up.
Every time (and I do mean literally every time), I end up clicking on
the 'Show password' checkbox to make sure that I got it right. I
understand the reasoning behind obscuring password fields, but for the
vast majority of users, a WiFi password is not a personal secret. It's
known to everyone in the same physical location, and obscuring the
password is primarily a protection against shoulder surfing. It's
usually also long and not easily memorable. I would like to request a
user option to always check the 'Show password' box by default, which
would initially be set to off (in other words, keeping the current
behaviour by default, but allowing opt-in).
** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Feature request: allow user to check 'Show password' by default in the
WiFi password dialogue
Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Whenever I connect to a new WiFi network, the password dialogue pops
up. Every time (and I do mean literally every time), I end up clicking
on the 'Show password' checkbox to make sure that I got it right. I
understand the reasoning behind obscuring password fields, but for the
vast majority of users, a WiFi password is not a personal secret. It's
known to everyone in the same physical location, and obscuring the
password is primarily a protection against shoulder surfing. It's
usually also long and not easily memorable. I would like to request a
user option to always check the 'Show password' box by default, which
would initially be set to off (in other words, keeping the current
behaviour by default, but allowing opt-in).
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