Problems in movies or shows - Discuss things that just don't seem righ

[The Sleeper]

In "Along Came a Spider", there is a part where Morgan Freeman has to figure out the password of the serial killer's computer, which he does by remembering what some guy said previously, I don't remember the exact details. Forget the impausability of figuring out a password on a first try, my problem is when he types in the password, YOU CAN ACTUALLY FUCKING SEE IT! When have you ever seen an application that lets you see the password you type in rather than the customary "*********"? I'm no computer expert and even I know how to set up an application that hides the password once you type it in. It's standard security, no programmer in their right mind would set up an application that unsecure. The movie sucked, but this stuck out to me as just fucking lazy.