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Revision 19
Comment: fix this for new keyring support
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 = Plain Text Passwords =
 
-Purple does not now and is not likely to encrypt the passwords in the {{{accounts.xml}}} file, nor is it likely to be encrypted in a future release. This is somewhat controversial in Windows, where file permissions have traditionally been more open, but that's the way things are.
+Libpurple 2 stores passwords unencrypted in the {{{accounts.xml}}} file. This is somewhat controversial in Windows, where file permissions have traditionally been more open, but that's the way things are. Libpurple 3 supports encrypted keyrings (see [[KeyringSupport]]).
 
 The reasoning for this is multi-part.
 
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