[Pidgin] #414: You dont the See Which Protocol

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#414: You dont the See Which Protocol
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  Reporter:  dancle        |       Owner:  lschiere
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  closed  
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:          
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0     
Resolution:  wontfix       |    Keywords:          
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by sohmageek):

 I have one valid point that just came to me. Impersonation.  So lets use a
 real world situation to this degree.  The matrix online used to have AIM
 as it's chat feature.  Someone figured this out and that the only
 difference between Aim convos and ingame convos was one word and a color
 (which could be changed anyway.)  So... They find out the name of one of
 the administrators, create a name on AIM with the same name (as the ingame
 names were a spinoff/part of the @work and had @thematrixonline.com added
 to them.  Message with the same name just minor differences boom!  You
 have yourself impersonation.  I have liked the seperation idea, but I see
 the together idea.  It's a great idea, something that I'm actually
 thinking of suggesting to my grandmother.  But... the reason I'm still not
 liking this idea is reasons stated above, and this could aid in
 impersonation.

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