On 4/26/2015 3:12 PM, Thee Chicago Wolf (MVP) wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 19:38:21 +1000, Daniel <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 26/04/15 10:00, Thee Chicago Wolf (MVP) wrote:
>>> On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 14:24:53 -0700, DoctorBill <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Most all Username / Password entry boxes only show
>>>> the Asterisk (*) when one enters the password.
>>>>
>>>> Is there something in SeaMonkey that one can
>>>> toggle so that one sees what one is actually
>>>> entering ?
>>>>
>>>> I tuype so poooorly thet I meed tyu sea what I hab
>>>> enterd.....
>>>>
>>>> DoktoeVill
>>>
>>> This is a bad phishing attempt.
>>>
>> No, Doctor Bill is a long time, very occasional, poster hereabouts, from 
>> I think, regional (i.e. about 60-90 miles from a large City) U.S. of A.
> 
> Hmm, be that as it may. Whenever I see these kinds of message , it
> always sends up a social engineering attack flag. There's no practical
> reason to want to know how to unhide a hidden password field other
> than to clear-text pass the password into some hidden service or some
> other nefarious purpose. Just my 2 cents.
> 

If the login page is a Web-secure page, data transmitted back to the
server is encrypted whether or not those data are visible to the user.

-- 
David E. Ross

I am sticking with SeaMonkey 2.26.1 until saved passwords can
be used when autocomplete=off.  See
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433238>.
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