Re: [Gaim-devel] libyahoo2 integration?

[Christian H. <ch...@gn...>]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 01:10:40PM -0500, Aaron Schumacher wrote:
> > Privacy in Gaim is being reworked entirely.
> 
> Since it seems to be actually-use-the-gaim-devel-mailing-list-time, and
> since this comment reminded me of it, I'll ask:
> 
> Passwords for messaging ID's are stored in plaintext (.gaimrc) when
> saved...  (Correct me if I'm wrong, but they are on my machine...) 
> Would it be possible/is it already being worked on to encrypt them
> somehow (maybe like real passwords)?  Or something else?  Just thought
> I'd throw that out there.
> 
> - Aaron

There are no plans at the moment for doing this. However, if your
permissions are set correctly, your .gaimrc will be safe from
everybody but root (and if you aren't root and don't trust root, maybe
it's time to find a new system :)

It's been asked about a lot. I'm sure it's only a matter of time until
somebody writes a patch to do this.

Christian

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