Use gnome keyring for Pidgin passwords
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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pidgin (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Pidgin stores stored account passwords in plaintext which is not secure. This plugin puts the passwords into the keyring
https:/
Can this be added and enabled in a default Pidgin install as it will improve the security in the OS.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: pidgin 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Sep 13 09:14:58 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120724.2)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
security vulnerability: | yes → no |
visibility: | private → public |