[Bug 1242023] [NEW] dm-crypt passphrase asked before keyboard layout

[Frédéric Meynadier]

Public bug reported:

When performing a fresh 13.10 install and asking for full disk
encryption, the passphrase is asked before the keyboard layout is
chosen. Therefore the user types a password as if on a us (qwerty)
layout, blindly.

On restart, user has to type the same passphrase but on the layout he
has selected during the install, which can be tricky for unaware users
(even without using special chars : good password often include digits,
which translate to non-alphanumeric char for example on french layouts).

I think keyboard layout selection should occur *before* the passphrase
is asked, or that the keyboard layout should be adequatly displayed on
the passphrase selection screen (or maybe display a virtual keyboard ?
or add a checkbox to authorize the chosen passphrase to appear in clear
text ?)

I am rather surprised not to have found this reported already, as it
seems an obvious problem that any non-us user, asking for full disk
encryption, would stumble upon. My apologies if this has already been
reported somewhere...

Best regards,

-- 
 Frédéric Meynadier

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  dm-crypt passphrase asked before keyboard layout

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When performing a fresh 13.10 install and asking for full disk
  encryption, the passphrase is asked before the keyboard layout is
  chosen. Therefore the user types a password as if on a us (qwerty)
  layout, blindly.

  On restart, user has to type the same passphrase but on the layout he
  has selected during the install, which can be tricky for unaware users
  (even without using special chars : good password often include
  digits, which translate to non-alphanumeric char for example on french
  layouts).

  I think keyboard layout selection should occur *before* the passphrase
  is asked, or that the keyboard layout should be adequatly displayed on
  the passphrase selection screen (or maybe display a virtual keyboard ?
  or add a checkbox to authorize the chosen passphrase to appear in
  clear text ?)

  I am rather surprised not to have found this reported already, as it
  seems an obvious problem that any non-us user, asking for full disk
  encryption, would stumble upon. My apologies if this has already been
  reported somewhere...

  Best regards,

  -- 
   Frédéric Meynadier

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