Sans serif font makes passwords confusable
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Description
Bug report
Steps to reproduce
- Create a password with "I" (capital i) and "l" (lower case L) and save
- View password entry
- Click "Show password"
Expected behaviour
Password can be read back without confusing letters
Actual behaviour
It's impossible to differentiate I from l.
(Also applies to O/0 to a lesser degree)
Configuration
Operating system: Android Pie and openSUSE Tumbleweed
Browser: Firefox 65.0.1 (mobile and desktop)
Extensions that might cause interference: None
Passman version: 2.2.1
cloud server: Nextcloud
cloud version: 15.0.4
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in the password entry view on the Show password action, then inspect the frontend code and styles responsible for rendering visible passwords. Done means characters such as capital I, lowercase l, O, and 0 can be distinguished when the password is shown.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100