This bug was fixed in the package policykit-unity8 - 0.1+16.10.20160822.1-0ubuntu1
--------------- policykit-unity8 (0.1+16.10.20160822.1-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium [ Rodney Dawes ] * Add missing bzr-builddeb config for non-native version for CI train. [ Ted Gould ] * Replacing that U8 isn't responding with a recoverable error instead of crashing (LP: #1579837) * Setup Agent so that it is the fallback agent (LP: #1579837) * Setting the password echo mode on passwords (LP: #1580236) -- Ted Gould <t...@gould.cx> Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:45:35 +0000 ** Changed in: policykit-unity8 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1580236 Title: Password visible by default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-unity8/+bug/1580236/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs