[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 lschiere):

 1)gnome-keyring requires gnome, which Pidgin does not and will not.

 2)gnome-keyring does not change anything.  I'm not sure exactly how it
 works, but it is either a case of keeping all your passwords unecrypted in
 memory after you authenticate against it once, in which case anyone with
 access to read your .purple/accounts.xml can also get to its memory with a
 debugger and get your passwords,  or it is a case of hiding a password
 behind a password, in which case your statement about having to type a
 password every day in front of others still applies.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/803#comment:3>
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