[Pidgin] #803: password stored as plain text

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#803: password stored as plain text
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  Reporter:  cobra582   |       Owner:                      
      Type:  defect     |      Status:  closed              
  Priority:  minor      |   Milestone:                      
 Component:  libpurple  |     Version:  2.0                 
Resolution:  wontfix    |    Keywords:  unencrypted password
   Pending:  0          |  
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Comment (by lithium):

 I disagree that not storing the passwords at all is "by far the most
 secure of all of the options". This only leads to two thinks:

 a) users picking short and/or dictionary based passwords (or even: one
 default pass for everytghing)

 b) users have to type in a few passwords (perhaps) right in front of
 others every day

 I think this is very bad and I would really hope you would use something
 like the gnome-keyring to store/access the passwords.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/803#comment:2>
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