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Broadcast sends passwords in clear to other tabs

I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature but it surprised me.

  • iTerm2 version: 3.1.5.beta.2
  • OS version: El Capitan

Detailed steps to reproduce the problem:

  1. Open 2 tabs and login to a server one one tab
  2. On the other tab press shift-cmd-I
  3. type ssh ser # which completes the server name
  4. type your password

What happened: On the second tab where I had a ssh session running, the server name was not completed and the password that I had typed was shown in clear. The same happens if there is a editor on a second tab, all the information is shown in clear.

What should have happened: I would expect the password not to be broadcast if in the other tab the password prompt is not shown. Not sure if that is possible!

Thanks anyway for a wonderful tool!! Cheers Cristian