read-passwd: no longer as secure?

[T.V. Raman]

I've fixed emacspeakkk  so it doesn't echo the passwd as the user
types -- though it is still possible to hear the password if
the  user wishes    -- so I guess it alligns with the rest of
Emacs;-)  A aaagree with you that hiding information  in the
elisp world -- and  I wasn't necessssarily asking toooo go back
to the old version; however, when  I saw the change, I justt felt unnneasy.
-- 
Best Regards,
--raman

-- 
Best Regards,
--raman


On 4/23/12, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:
>> though this hides on the display it is still available to most
>> lisp code.
>
> As it was in the previous implementation (in the `pass' variable).
> Hiding information is pretty contrary to the design of Emacs and Elisp.
>
>> I can update emacspeak so it doesn't speak the chars --- but I
>> still feel somewhat uneasy about the read-passwd implementation
>
> The new implementation is a lot more flexible, so going back is not on
> the agenda.  But if it can be changed to cooperate better with tools
> like Emacsspeak, I'd be happy to do so.
>
>
>         Stefan
>