While I was entering my password in Gmail and other mail accounts, I could see a symbol of an "eye" in the text box.

This is really dangerous because once you click on the eye, your password is revealed.

Is there any way I can disable that eye symbol? I'm getting this in Internet Explorer. Has anyone else encountered it?

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The new 'eye' symbol is present in all the password fields in Internet Explorer 10 which comes default with Windows 8 (and is also available for Windows 7). To reveal the password, the user needs to keep the 'eye' symbol pressed.

Disabling it (in Windows 8):

Please note that to do the following, you will need to access the Local Group Policy Editor, which is only available in Windows 8 Pro. You can see if you have Windows 8 Pro by pressing Win+Pause, which opens the System Properties window. If under "Windows Edition" you see Windows 8 Pro, you will be able to access the Group Policy Editor.

To disable the "eye" symbol, follow these steps:

1. Open the Run dialog (Win+R)

2. Enter gpedit.msc and press Enter

3. Local Group Policy editor will open:
   

4. Navigate to Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Credential User Interface:
   

5. Double-click on "Do not display the password reveal button" and select the "Enabled" option:
   

6. The behaviour is disabled, you can enable it with the same method.

Source: (From Wayback machine Web archive) Enable or Disable Password reveal option in Windows 8

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