Can you not show the letters when entering the password?

[jstrieb]

Can you not show the letters when entering the password?

[jstrieb]

Hi @Cielain, Thanks for taking the time to raise this issue!

Even though this has not been implemented yet, I absolutely acknowledge that displaying the password in plaintext can be a bit inconvenient. It is a long-term feature I have considered adding, but I will bump it up since you have expressed interest. I'm currently finishing my final semester, so I expect to take a look at issues in my personal projects sometime over the summer.

In the meantime, the brief background on why I chose to do it this way initially is that it was easier, and avoided a potential security problem. It was easier because I wouldn't have to make an additional page for entering the password (this would admittedly be similar to the page to lock a link, but I was hustling to get it to a stage where I was comfortable releasing it), and then the feature fell to the back-burner. Regarding security: since users can enter hints, I was concerned about displaying them in a way that might accidentally lead to a cross-site scripting vulnerability, and using the JavaScript window.prompt avoided this.

That being said, you're right that it has the potential to introduce a practical security risk when someone might be looking over your shoulder! I'll look into taking care of this eventually, and in the meantime will leave the issue open.

Almost forgot: if you're still concerned, in the meantime, you can use the "decrypt page" here:
https://jstrieb.github.io/link-lock/decrypt/

This page doesn't do the automatic redirect, but it does use a proper password field.

Thanks again for your interest in this project!

[jstrieb]

It's been a little less than two years, but I finally got around to this!

All links that have been created will no longer prompt the user to enter a cleartext password.