Comment 24 for bug 194472

I like Terminal not showing my password. Yes, this thing is called "Terminal". Windows has CMD, we have a Terminal, so I changed the title of this bug report.

In the old version of GDM was also an option to not give any visual feedback when entering the password and I always enabled this option.

In the new GDM this option isn't implemented (yet) and now people are also talking about showing the length of passwords in the Terminal. Why not put an option somewhere (maybe in Authorizations) called "Give graphical feedback when entering passwords"? When enabled (I think this should be the default behavior in order to not confuse new users), the length of the password is always shown (in GDM, in Terminal, when using gksu and in PolicyKit). When disabled (users like me, who want additional security can just remove the checkmark), the length of the password isn't shown (so in GDM, in Terminal, when using gksu and in PolicyKit no graphical feedback is shown).

I always liked the behavior of the Terminal and the option to disable the grahical feedback in GDM, but gksu and PolicyKit still showed the length of my password. Using one option which controls the graphical feedback of GDM, Terminal, gksu and Policykit will create one consistent behavior. The length of your password is shown everywhere or it's shown nowhere. Nowadays the behavior is completely inconsistent. One application doesn't show the length of your password (Terminal), while others always show the length of your password (gksu, PolicyKit, new GDM) and other have an option to disable the visual feedback (old GDM).