Fact: Pidgin Stores Passwords in Plain Text
Posted by teknoy on January 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I just learned recently that my favorite opensource and multi-protocol instant messenger client stores my passwords in plain text. Yeah thats right! once other users got hold with your machine and type the following "%appdata%\.purple\accounts.xml" on the run or search box then say goodbye to your privacy....
Source: Fryan's Digital World
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