[albatross]

I think the average non-technical reader could figure out that "plain text" refers to some variant of "········" rather than "password," even if the understanding is lacking technical depth.

[scoopertrooper]

My point was a term such as 'unencrypted' would probably be the word I'd use to explain the concept of a 'plain text' password to a non technical user.

[maccam94]

Encrypted implies that the passwords could possibly be decrypted with a key.