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- Timestamp:
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Aug 9, 2015, 2:22:48 AM (8 years ago)
- Author:
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mmcco
- Comment:
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fix this for new keyring support
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1 | 1 | = Plain Text Passwords = |
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3 | | 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. |
| 3 | 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]]). |
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5 | 5 | The reasoning for this is multi-part. |
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