[Pidgin] #2037: Save passwords as md5-hash if supported by protocol

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#2037: Save passwords as md5-hash if supported by protocol
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  Reporter:  Nightmare     |       Owner:                   
      Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new              
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:                   
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0.2            
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  md5 hash password
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by 603729):

 http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords[[BR]]
 "Obscure a password. This means we do something to store the password in
 some format other than plain text, but we automatically convert it for
 you. This is security by obscurity, and is a Very Bad ThingTM in that it
 gives users a false sense of security that we (Pidgin, Finch, and
 libpurple developers) believe would be worse to have than to let informed
 users deal with the password issue themselves. Consider that a naive user
 might think that it is safe to share his or her accounts.xml, because the
 passwords are "encrypted"."

 In principle your right, but I fully agree with the opinion stated above.
 It really increases the feeling of security, which is simply a fault.

 I really don't mind about non-encrypted passwords in Pidgin :)

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