How to bind to a PasswordBox in MVVM

Question

I have come across a problem with binding to a PasswordBox. It seems it\'s a security risk but I am using the MVVM pattern so I wish to bypass this. I found som

Answer 1

I used an authentication check followed by a sub called by a mediator class to the View (which also implements an authentication check) to write the password to the data class.

It's not a perfect solution; however, it remedied my problem of not being able to move the password.