Looks like upstream used to store the password as plaintext but changed this a while ago to instead store it in the keyring - https://github.com/GNOME/gnome- boxes/commit/ac552985647ebb6d7ee924cd77f0b93df44b4ff0
I suggest filing an issue directly upstream if you believe the current behaviour is not secure so that it can be discussed directly with the developers https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes/issues Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1802305 Title: "setup-data.conf" is saved as plaintext To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-boxes/+bug/1802305/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
