I.E 10 security 'eye'

[sherry!]

I noticed that little 'eye' on I.E.10 when I go to login on some sites, & someone told me not to enter a password when this eye is visible in the password box, as this 'allows anyone to see the password'. HUH ?

What did they mean ? I can't access the site I want otherwise.

[SuperDave]

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[sherry!]

HUH ?  Did you not understand the question ? I Don't think this 'eye' is a Malware issue....??
I asked my ISP if this eye meant anyone could view my password ; they said 'no'.

I wondered why it's there in the first place, and exactly what it means.
Some one here should know...........................??

[SuperDave]

Sounds like a but to me.

[BC_Programmer]

I noticed that little 'eye' on I.E.10 when I go to login on some sites, & someone told me not to enter a password when this eye is visible in the password box, as this 'allows anyone to see the password'. HUH ?

What did they mean ? I can't access the site I want otherwise.

The "eye" icon allows you to see the content of password fields. 'allows anyone to see the password' means "anybody that can see your screen".

The eye is merely an indicator that you are being shown the contents of a password field. Normally password fields replace characters with discs or asterisks, so that somebody looking over your shoulder cannot determine your password. This however can become a pain if your password is complex because you cannot see what you are typing, so many browsers provide the ability to see the contents of these password fields.

[camerongray]

Don't worry about it.

The "eye" is actually a button that you can click to show the password instead of the '***'.  This is useful in the event that you have a long password and make a mistake when typing it.  What 'someone' means is that if you click the button it shows what you have typed on the screen which could be seen by someone if they are physically with you looking at your screen.

[livepcexpert7]

Its an added feature in Internet Explorer 10. Sometimes user's mistype the
password and hence they had to remove the complete password and retype which
becomes cumbersome. Hence Microsoft has launched this feature so that you
can actually view the password that you had typed. If you click on the "EYE"
after typing the password then it will display the typed characters.

You can use it the way it is and there won't be any security issues due to
it.