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Security behind the windows 8 eye

i use windows 8 operating system,whenever i navigate to login page of browser in internet explorer 10 or even at logon screen of operating system,i used to see eye symbol over there

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whenever i type the password the eye symbol occurs,when i press the eye symbol the password is visible on plain text,what's the security behind this eye,is this vulnerability on windows?

Any security behind this eye?