[Pidgin] #8044: ICQ

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#8044: ICQ
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 Reporter:  drohr         |     Owner:  lschiere
     Type:  defect        |    Status:  new     
Component:  unclassified  |   Version:  2.5.3   
 Keywords:                |  
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 What the hell! An automated/common relpy? Did you even bother researching?
 NOBODY has access to my system BUT i did save the password. So ... IF that
 is the case why do you have an  option to save it? I would like somew help
 on this but it seems  i am being ignored and pushed aside. There are
 others that have this issue.


 Below is the origianal:


 Yesterday all of a sudden the ICQ account i use in Pidgin was disabled.
 Tried re-enabling it time and time again. Says i have the wrong password.
 Googleing "ICQ password stolen" i come across several links that are
 Pidgin and ICQ related to them losing access to their accounts to the same
 issue as me. WTF? I have had my ICQ account for over 12 years. Now i F-ing
 lost it. I can't even get it back. Thanks guys. Because of this, unless i
 get my ICQ # back which i doubt, i am NOT going to use this piece of crap
 and spread the word against Pidgin use. IF ...

 i appologize but i am upset because of this.
 Change History
 Changed 22 hours ago by drohr
 description modified (diff)
 Changed 21 hours ago by rekkanoryo
 status changed from new to closed
 resolution set to invalid

 The only way your password would have been stolen as a result of using
 Pidgin is if both of the following are true:
 You saved your password in Pidgin
 Your accounts.xml file was accessible to someone other than yourself

 Note that the accounts.xml file being accessible to someone other than
 yourself could happen if you're using Windows and were the victim of a
 virus or other malware. There are, of course, other causes.

 If you feel the need to find another client, that is of course your
 prerrogative. Note, however, that the vast majority of IM cleints in
 existance store passwords in either plain text (as we do) or in a very
 weakly encrypted manner which is trivially decrypted, which means your
 passwords aren't going to be any more secure.

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