[dairgram]

Can such standard also include setting the default for echoing the password? Seeing that I have entered ### for a 5 character password is perfectly adequate. But for a 17 character password, echoing ######### does not give me useful feedback where I am or allow me to meaningfully edit mistakes.

Yeah, if I am projecting my screen in front of an audience of 300, I do not want my password echoed. But when I am using my mobile phone, getting feedback is far more useful than guarding against someone reading my screen.