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

Its very simple . Create another property for password and Bind this with TextBox

But all input operations perform with actual password property

private string _Password;

    public string PasswordChar
    {
        get
        {
            string szChar = "";

            foreach(char szCahr in _Password)
            {
                szChar = szChar + "*";
            }

            return szChar;
        }

        set
        {
            _PasswordChar = value; NotifyPropertyChanged();
        }
    }

public string Password { get { return _Password; }

        set
        {
            _Password = value; NotifyPropertyChanged();
            PasswordChar = _Password;
        }
    }