Re: connectivity problem with pidgin

2011-09-28 Thread David Woolley
BBB wrote: bigbadbabar disabled. You have been connecting and disconnecting too frequently. Wait ten minutes and try again. If you continue to try, you will need to wait even longer. Why do you believe the error message (which comes from AOL, not from Pidgin) is incorrect? -- David

plain txt passwords in .purple folder

2011-09-28 Thread James Monroe
Just a heads up your program stored all my passwords (for pidgin) in plain txt in a file in the .purple directory. Needless to say I uninstalled and will never use again. Please fix this for the thousands of other people who don't know to check. Lines like ( user name: actual user name)

Re: plain txt passwords in .purple folder

2011-09-28 Thread Kevin Stange
On 09/28/2011 05:02 AM, James Monroe wrote: Just a heads up your program stored all my passwords (for pidgin) in plain txt in a file in the .purple directory. We are, of course, aware of this. Please read: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords them for nefarious purposes.

Re: plain txt passwords in .purple folder

2011-09-28 Thread David Woolley
James Monroe wrote: Just a heads up your program stored all my passwords (for pidgin) in plain txt in a file in the .purple directory. The developers believe that anything else would give a false sense of security. http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords Needless to say I

Re: plain txt passwords in .purple folder

2011-09-28 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Wednesday, September 28, 2011 a las 05:15:18AM -0500, Kevin Stange escribió: On 09/28/2011 05:02 AM, James Monroe wrote: Just a heads up your program stored all my passwords (for pidgin) in plain txt in a file in the .purple directory. We are, of course, aware of this. Please

RE: plain txt passwords in .purple folder

2011-09-28 Thread Rob Dunn
Here's my tip - don't store your password in Pidgin, just have it prompt you every time. But, not everyone will follow this rule (knowing users). As an aside, it would be nice if there was a plugin developed for pidgin that would disallow password storage...or is there something that can be

Re: plain txt passwords in .purple folder

2011-09-28 Thread Kevin Stange
On 09/28/2011 07:24 AM, Rob Dunn wrote: Here's my tip - don't store your password in Pidgin, just have it prompt you every time. But, not everyone will follow this rule (knowing users). As an aside, it would be nice if there was a plugin developed for pidgin that would disallow password