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Changes between Version 18 and Version 19 of PlainTextPasswords


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Timestamp:
Aug 9, 2015, 2:22:48 AM (8 years ago)
Author:
mmcco
Comment:

fix this for new keyring support

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  • PlainTextPasswords

    v18 v19  
    11= 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.
     3Libpurple 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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    55The reasoning for this is multi-part.
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