This recipe shows how to obfuscate the password when user is typing the password.
package p1 import ( "fmt" "log" "os" "golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal" ) func getPassword() string { fmt.Println("\nPassword: ") // https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal#ReadPassword // terminal.ReadPassword accepts file descriptor as argument, returns byte slice and error. passwd, e := terminal.ReadPassword(int(os.Stdin.Fd())) if e != nil { log.Fatal(e) } // Type cast byte slice to string. return string(passwd) }