{"id":12965,"date":"2016-09-30T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/nav\/?p=12965"},"modified":"2024-03-05T11:40:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T19:40:20","slug":"design-pattern-security-masked-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/dynamics-365\/blog\/business-leader\/2016\/09\/30\/design-pattern-security-masked-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Pattern: Security &#8211; Masked Text"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/dynamics-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Logo-_2D00_-Masked-Text-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/dynamics-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Logo-_2D00_-Masked-Text.png\" alt=\" \" height=\"136\" width=\"136\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><b>Aliases:<\/b> Masking out<\/p>\n<p><b>Context<\/b>: In the user interface (UI) of a software 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