http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords
- the passwords are not sent anywhere in plain text - a master password like in Firefox might make sense. For some users. Regards, David > -----Original Message----- > From: support-boun...@pidgin.im > [mailto:support-boun...@pidgin.im] On Behalf Of Evan Platt > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 7:51 PM > To: support@pidgin.im > Subject: Re: a bug > > I don't see a bug. I see a 'patch' to encrypt the passwords stored in > accounts.xml. > > This has been discussed many, many, times here, and to sum up what > the developers have stated (please, correct me if I'm wrong), is the > passwords are sent in clear text, and there's no intention to > change this. > > Or am I misreading the page you linked to and not seeing the 'bug'? > > At 06:48 PM 1/28/2009, you wrote: > >please see this link and fix bug > > > > > >http://www.ubuntugeek.com/fix-for-master-password-expose-for- > pidgin.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > Support@pidgin.im > http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support