[Pidgin] #15705: very insecure storing of account informations

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Fri Jul 26 12:33:58 EDT 2013


#15705: very insecure storing of account informations
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 Reporter:  pidhunter       |       Owner:
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new
Milestone:                  |   Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.10.7          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  plain password  |
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Comment (by pidhunter):

 Replying to [ticket:15705 pidhunter]:
 > In the file \AppData\Roaming\.purple\ is there a accounts.xml with all
 plantext-passwords of all email-accounts.
 >
 > If pidgin knows about spybots and spypeople oround the internet, then
 pidgin should fix it yesterday.
 >
 > here all needed informations about salted passwords with examples.
 >
 https://crackstation.net/hashing-security.htm

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