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   Message 143,362 of 144,834   
   Xho Jingleheimerschmidt to Howard   
   Re: Add This Pet Peeve to the Pile   
   19 Jan 21 17:15:52   
   
   From: xhoster@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/30/20 8:18 PM, Howard wrote:   
   > I hate it when websites don't give you the option of seeing what you've   
   > typed when you're filling in a field.   
   >   
   > I get that they want to protect people who want to enter important info in   
   > the middle of an airport waiting area, but for those who are alone at home   
   > or in an office it would be nice to be able to turn off the default and see   
   > the minimum 14 character password they are forcing us to create with upper   
   > and lower case letters and at least one number and one non-alphanumeric   
   > character.   
   >   
   > Yes, there are workarounds, but it would be so much nicer to just have a   
   > "see typing" option right there.   
   >   
      
   I put '' in the html.  How your web browser   
   decides to implement that is up to your browser.  I am not its baby-sitter.   
      
   Xho   
      
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