I really don't agree here. There are many arguments for storing plaintext passwords in, well, plaintext, rather than behind pointless obfuscations. Expressed qu

I really don't agree here. There are many arguments for storing plaintext passwords in, well, plaintext, rather than behind pointless obfuscations. Expressed quite concisely by Pidgin authors many years ago: https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords