| Summary: | Konsole can partially expose your password if you're a very quick typer | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] konsole | Reporter: | Fernando M. Muniz <fernandommuniz> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Konsole Bugs <konsole-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED NOT A BUG | ||
| Severity: | critical | CC: | matan |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 24.08.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Arch Linux | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | Partially defeats the purpose of hiding the password. | ||
This has nothing to do with konsole. You type the letters before sudo runs and sets the tty mode to no echo, so konsole echoes the characters as it should. |
Created attachment 175605 [details] Partially defeats the purpose of hiding the password. Typing anything that requires password can expose a few letters of your password if you're a fast typer, as the attachment shows. This partially defeats the purpose of hiding the password.