On 26/03/2015 9:36 am, Andre Lahmann wrote:
> Ok, just for the record: this is an issue with pinentry - see e.g.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pinentry/+bug/326132
> https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1374
> https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1368
> 
> It's absolutely ridiculous how usability is screwed by design and
> justified with security reasons...

As Ludwig and Robert said, there are good reasons.

However, if you're in real trouble from this, the version of pinentry
and gpg-agent I have running with GPG 2.1.2 include a little tick box
which allows the passphrase to be visible when you type it in.  I
don't use it myself, but no doubt others will.  Presumably you can't
see that and I assume it is gpg-agent itself (bundled with the GnuPG
release) rather than pinentry, which is the same library for both 2.0
and 2.1.


Regards,
Ben

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