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I know that at first look it sounds like a Pidgin problem, but they do justify their situation quite well on their site: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTe

by gsa 14y ago

I know that at first look it sounds like a Pidgin problem, but they do justify their situation quite well on their site: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords

riffraff 14y ago
this is crazy, doesn't every current linux distro already have a keychain-like-thingy which is protected by the user password? Adium (which is also based on libpurple) uses it on the mac, which means there is no plaintext password lying around.
- gsa 14y ago
  There is - GNOME has Keyring, KDE has Wallet. But apps need to support it or have a plugin system for that. Pidgin has plugins for GNOME and Windows: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ThirdPartyPlugins#SecurityandPrivacy http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ThirdPartyPlugins#Securityan...
Tichy 14y ago
They have a point - if Google really allows other apps to access the account via Pidgin's password, perhaps they should fix that.
- chmars 14y ago
  That is not possible with the current 2-factor authentication system. App-specific passwords are only called 'specific', they are not really app-specific, i.e. you can use them with any app you like if 2-factor authentication with a token has not been implemented yet.