This is not a bug.
It is intentional to have the password displayed in plain text as using JPasswordField would only give a false sense of security.
JPasswordField offers no security unless the password is actually encrypted when stored in the config file.
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This is not a bug.
It is intentional to have the password displayed in plain text as using JPasswordField would only give a false sense of security.
JPasswordField offers no security unless the password is actually encrypted when stored in the config file.