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1. caprica
   Member
   Mar 31, 2006, 2:57 PM

   just curious - why don't our passwords get ***-ed out within the admin panel when protecting individual posts?

2. cornell
   Member
   Mar 31, 2006, 6:14 PM

   Because no-one else should be able to see them anyway?

   You're going to share them with people so that they can view the post so it's more of a deterrent (sp???) than security anyway.

   Just a thought!

   Collin

3. drmike
   Member
   Apr 1, 2006, 3:29 PM

   Actually its customary for passwords to be shown as '*' for stuff like that. I know when I sign up someplace new, I always see them even though I would rather see what I'm typing. Hate to get my password wrong. :)

4. cornell
   Member
   Apr 2, 2006, 8:51 AM

   Hmm.

   I must admit that I would rather (as it does) show the plain text password.

   Imagine six months down the line someone asks you for the password to the post that you protected:

   "Hmm, now, what the hell did I set it to? If only it was in clear text rather than those annoying asterisks..."

   :o)

5. drmike
   Member
   Apr 2, 2006, 4:54 PM

   And then when you look in the database and it's MD5 encoded. :)

6. cornell
   Member
   Apr 2, 2006, 5:03 PM

   If you can get to the database - don't forget you're hosted on wp.com... :)

7. wank
   Member
   Apr 2, 2006, 6:53 PM

   So you'd have to send the admins a feedback begging them to reset the password on that post...

   Does this answer the original question? ;)

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