Why pass the password in clear text

During the login process, the password is not encrypted, why is it clear text?

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Because you are reading them (I’m refering to your screenshot from the browser console) on the application level in your browser (level 7 in OSI model) and data in transit are encrypted on the lower level usually (level 4 - TLS encryption = “HTTPS”):

Recomended keywords to study: “OSI model” and “TLS”.

The plaintext in the scan of our security scan What is this asking