I mean a trivial solution to all of these work around a could have been each key...

written-beyond 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Password...

I mean a trivial solution to all of these work around a could have been each keystroke registers a single asterisk that goes away after a delay. You wouldn't reveal the length and you'd had a standard way of informing the user that their keystroke was registered.

layer8 6 months ago [–]

It doesn’t tell you if backspace works, however.