I know. It wasn't enough help to get us onto my network. Without being able to see the whole pass phrase in clear text we couldn't determine if it was a typo or something else. There little to no need to visually mask a password on a hand-held device. I'd go so far as to say there's little to no use masking them on your personal computer either. I suppose if a particular field were to encrypt/hash as you type so that it never held the clear text even internally, there's some benefit to executable exploits.

Anyway, the whole "it's Mac OS" BS just kept getting on my nerves because nothing about the iPhone is anything like Mac OS from a UI or usability point of view.