Password encryption

[Mark Doliner]

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:54:04 -0400, Venkatasamy,Venkat wrote
> We came to know that Pidgin does not encrypt the users' password when
> they choose "Remember Password" options in the accounts windows.
> 
> Is there any workaround for this as this will be security issue in 
> any organization as local administrators having access to the 
> .purple folder.

Please see http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords

-Mark