For pidgin users, there is a security issue regarding storing passwords in pidgin, so this program stores the passwords in archives .xml in clear text without any encryption. So any one can easily boot into recovery mode while you are away and find all your passwords in plain text. Then he can just copy the password files and opps he will got all the passwords easy way.
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stargrave
14 years 30 weeks 22 hours 5 min ago
Bullshit
Link in the article (http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords) perfectly describes situation with plan text passwords. And... can anyone call me software that does not store passwords in plain-text? Hashes are only good on a server side, anything that will be encrypted needs a key in any form. Obfuscating is nothing too - obfuscating algorithm is known. So... I do not see anything strange and paranormal.