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		Nwallins on July 8, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: HalfMask - an Experiment in Password Masking How about having to select the (masked) text, to take it a step further?

blhack on July 8, 2009 [–]

If you highlight this, it pretty much reveals what the password is.

I know that isn't what you're talking about, but it is close. I know that I couldn't read this even when I knew what I was typing until I highlighted it.

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