I checked the upstream bug again and it seems this actually wasn't the bug I was having in Precise since it got fixed in Empathy 3.3 and Precise uses 3.4. So this bug report is obsolete and I am closing it as Fix Released since it is fixed in Precise. If you are still having issues you're probably experiencing a different bug. Maybe take a look at Bug #1069531 or file a new one.
** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released ** Tags removed: precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/754569 Title: Empathy does not support Google Application- Specific Passwords Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: Invalid Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: empathy Recently, Google introduced 2-Step Authentication[1] to make their users accounts more secure. This works by requesting that the user enter a randomly generated 6 digit number when they log in from an unknown computer for the first time. Since not every application supports this, they also introduced 'Application Specific Passwords' which is a randomly generated 16 character alpha-numeric one-time only password that it entered when connecting an application to a Google account for the first time. Since I have enabled 2-Step Authentication on my account, I am no longer able to sign into Google Talk using Empathy. [1] http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/advanced-sign-in-security- for-your.html ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: empathy 2.34.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.41-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Apr 8 13:13:34 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: empathy UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-07 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/754569/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp