Comment 7 for bug 67476

Any news on this issue? It gets very annoying (and dangerous), particularly when typing passwords.

Load Pidgin, Evolution and other applications at the same time, each of which ask for a password. Try typing the corresponding password for each prompt as soon as you see it (without cursing during the process).

I also found this link: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/400/ People who comment there think this behavior is not only annoying but a security risk also.