You still need to be ware of the saved password features in some browser (Firefox & Chrome at least.) There are ways that your saved password could potentially be viewed in plain text by anyone that has a few seconds of access to your browser.

You can read more about it HERE and HERE

You still need to be ware of the saved password features in some browser (Firefox & Chrome at least.) There are ways that your saved password could potentially be viewed in plain text by anyone that has a few seconds of access to your browser.

You can read more about it HERE

Man loses thumb to thief after refusing to unlock his Biometric enabled laptop...

No thanks. Take my password, or if it's that important, kill me and you still won't have access...

Anytime your password is visible in plain text is bad. This includes when it's stored in a database, written on a post-it and pasted to your monitor, or anywhere else.

As a software developer, there is no reason for me to ever show you your password in plain text even while it's being entered. In my opinion, the security benefits of the mask definitely out-weigh the usability costs.

Just like how your stored passwords are visible in plain text in Firefox and Chrome to anyone with a few seconds alone with your computer, showing them in plain text while entering them into passwords fields is a horrible idea.