typing password in terminal without * (asterisks) / password feedback / pwfeedback by default

[Bl3ckJ4ck]

Hello,
I’m seeing that Whonix Workstation XFCE and Whonix Gateway CLI (and I guess also Whonix Workstation CLI and Whonix Gateway XFCE), unlike other Linux distro as Debian, during the typing of the password, they show asterisks * (in the following image, the scenario on Whonix Workstation XFCE):

While, for example, in Debian we have no asterisks:

For security reason, in the next releases is it possible to have, also for Whonix Workstation, by default, the insertion of password without asterisks?

Thank you in advance.

[macdemarco]

Since upgrading to Whonix 12, when entering my password in Konsole it shows asterisks instead of remaining blank. Whereas before it would look like this:

Enter password:_

Now it looks like this:

Enter password: ********************

This happens in both the Gateway and Workstation. Anyone else experiencing this? How can I fix it?

[Patrick]

This is expected. password feedback is usability feature, because a lot users were confused by the “nothing happens as I type” “issue” and then just leave the default password.

If you want to get rid of it, delete this file.

sudo rm /etc/sudoers.d/pwfeedback

( https://github.com/Whonix/usability-misc/blob/master/etc/sudoers.d/pwfeedback )

[macdemarco]

Thanks, Patrick!