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by yoo1I 3540 days ago
possibly intentional: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/stop-password-masking/
2 comments

This should still be implemented by the browsers, not hard-coded in HTML. Like Microsoft's implementation mentioned at the end ;)
> It's just you, sitting all alone in your office, suffering reduced usability to protect against a non-issue.

And there the point to stop taking that article seriously.

The MS Solution is good though. I think it is the best. Better than the android/iphone flash up the last char for a second thing.