[Pidgin] #1235: passwords in plaintext are no way "more secure" than obscured passwords

[Pidgin]

#1235: passwords in plaintext are no way "more secure" than obscured passwords
-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------
  Reporter:  johnkaplantech  |       Owner:        
      Type:  defect          |      Status:  closed
  Priority:  minor           |   Milestone:        
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)    |     Version:  2.0   
Resolution:  invalid         |    Keywords:        
   Pending:  0               |  
-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------
Changes (by seanegan):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid

Comment:

 1. A bug tracker is not an appropriate place for voicing this sort of
 objection.
 2. You're wrong. You don't need to be a "superhacker" or in the "NSA" to
 be able to Google "im passwords" and find dozens of little utilities
 designed to reveal obfuscated passwords. The "identity thieves" you posit
 are probably perfectly capable of doing so. Even if they weren't, if they
 have access to the file with the encoded password, they don't even need to
 decode it. Unless there's a layer of cryptography involved, an obfuscated
 password is just as useful for stealing your IM identity as a plain text
 one.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/1235#comment:1>
Pidgin <http://pidgin.im>
Pidgin