sudo-rs changed default to showing asterisks for each key press of the password (instead of showing nothing as per classic sudo).

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sudo-rs changed default to showing asterisks for each key press of the password (instead of showing nothing as per classic sudo). The first place this will be evident for a lot of people is with the forthcoming Ubuntu 26.04 release, which uses sudo-rs for sudo.

I get where they are coming from but I must admit it was jarring to see asterisks there. But I have more than 30 years of experience of not seeing feedback at unix password prompts.

Enable pwfeedback (show asterisks) by default · Issue #1300 · trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs

Since sudo-rs is a modern sudo implementation written in a sane modern language (🦀❤️), perhaps it should make sane modern UX decisions. Not showing asterisks as you type your password is one of the most hilariously bad UX decisions ever ...

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