https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147873
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--- Comment #22 from kil...@kilrae.ca ---
(In reply to michaelk83 from comment #21)
> Some of this has been said before, but see Bug 450004 comment 4, for those
> who are still concerned.
> TL;DR: Just hiding the passwords visually adds little real security (see the
> linked comment for details). There are better solutions, but as always, it's
> a trade-off between security and convenience.
>
> I would agree that changing the master password should require re-entry of
> the current one.
I just don’t understand this attitude. The fact that a person can bypass most
UI-based security with some effort and access to an unlocked system isn’t a
good reason to forgo all such security. I lock my car at night even though a
thief could easily break the window or open the door with a coat hanger. The
odds are better that the person you let use your computer to check their email
is mildly nosy than really motivated.
I left comment #2 in 2007. I have a little experience with Linux. But I
couldn’t pull off any of these “trivial exploits” without some time to think
about it. However, I can click “Show Passwords” with the best of them (as can
the worst of them).
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