But it
is a false sense of security.
Joe User doesn't know a thing about how this magical box of tricks called a computer works. He just assumes that his data is safe on it, and won't get into the wrong hands, and that his passwords will always be protected by asterisks or what-not.
Sure, you may encrypt them using keychain, which is good, and yes, if someone has physical access to their machine and user account then it's compromised, fundamentally - but you're missing the far more likely scenario that this could be used, by, say, an unscrupulous employer, or a mistrustful spouse, or a child to get at daddy's porn passwords. People re-use passwords. Yes, it's bad behaviour, but what do you expect from a shaved ape? By making it possible to view these, you could grant the keys to the kingdom to any would-be eavesdropper.
It's not good. I understand your reasoning, but it's not connected to how people actually use their computers in reality.
Joe User doesn't know a thing about how this magical box of tricks called a computer works. He just assumes that his data is safe on it, and won't get into the wrong hands, and that his passwords will always be protected by asterisks or what-not.
Sure, you may encrypt them using keychain, which is good, and yes, if someone has physical access to their machine and user account then it's compromised, fundamentally - but you're missing the far more likely scenario that this could be used, by, say, an unscrupulous employer, or a mistrustful spouse, or a child to get at daddy's porn passwords. People re-use passwords. Yes, it's bad behaviour, but what do you expect from a shaved ape? By making it possible to view these, you could grant the keys to the kingdom to any would-be eavesdropper.
It's not good. I understand your reasoning, but it's not connected to how people actually use their computers in reality.