[Pidgin] #12537: Accounts data security keeping

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#12537: Accounts data security keeping
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 Reporter:  tzony                         |     Owner:  rekkanoryo
     Type:  defect                        |    Status:  new       
Component:  unclassified                  |   Version:  2.7.3     
 Keywords:  passwords, security, problem  |  
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 Hy. Ok, now i think this is a big problem but not a realy bug.

 I did seen that all informations about messenger accounts are keept by
 pidgin in this path "C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application
 Data\.purple\accounts.xml".

 The problem i think it is that the passwords and maybe some other useful
 security breaking, are not encrypted. Can be all this data (like messenger
 accounts passwords) be encrypted ?  I know is the pesronal computer but
 anyone who know this and have acces to that PC, can get the passwords for
 those messenger accounts. I use only yahoo messenger accounts and i dont
 know if for others accounts (like MSN, or others) the passwords are keep
 the same.

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