Re: Looking for data to refute crazy client

> Hello,
>
> Someone I work for has a strange enhancement request which I do not  
> agree
> with, but this person is the boss. I think  in my gut, this is wrong.
>
> *website: * a user management system for secure student data.  
> Clients  are a
> little paranoid about passwords and user names getting out.
>
> *behavior:* when you select a user and want to reset his or her  
> password,
> the resulting screen shows the user name, but then blanks out the  
> password
> which you can only see by printing the page.
>
> Blanking out the password seems silly since you can still see it if  
> you
> print it out. Do people agree this is poor functionality? If so, is  
> there
> any evidence to support my feeling that this is a bad idea?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthew
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