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-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pidgin in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1050257 Title: Use gnome keyring for Pidgin passwords Status in “pidgin” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Pidgin stores stored account passwords in plaintext which is not secure. This plugin puts the passwords into the keyring https://launchpad.net/~pidgin-gnome-keyring/+archive/ppa 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 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.16-generic 3.5.3 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1050257/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
