gpg-agent: hide my passphrase length

arno. arno. at no-log.org
Sun Dec 31 23:20:39 CET 2006


Hi,
I just discovered gpg-agent and it's useful to type my passphrase less 
often.

Without gpg-agent, when gpg prompts me for a passphrase, it does not 
display the number of characters I type. But when I enter my passphrase 
in gpg-agent, a star is displayed for every letter I type (I use 
pinentry-curses as a backend). 

So, I feel less secure. It may not be so important, but I don't like it 
when people can see length of my passwords. I looked for a way to change 
that behaviour, but found none. 

Do you known of a solution ?

thanks a lot
arno
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