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Pidgin 2.12 Released. Stop using botnet IM and enjoy FOSS security 2017-03-10 02:12:55 Post No. 59333270
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Pidgin 2.12 Released. Stop using botnet IM and enjoy FOSS security
Anonymous
2017-03-10 02:12:55
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>2017
>using meme messengers instead of Pidgin.
>Pidgin 2.12.0 removed protocols that were not being maintained: Facebook XMPP, MSN, MySpace, Mxit, and Yahoo!. These will show up as unknown in your account lists until you delete them. AIM is not breaking, update to this version to keep it working!
https://pidgin.im/
https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/www/src/tip/htdocs/ChangeLog
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>FOSS
>security
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>>59333292
>libpurple
>security
FTFY
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>>59333270
>stores passwords in plaintext
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>>59333445
Isn't this fixed already?
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>>59333270
Gajim works better, sorry Pidgun
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Omemo when?
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>>59333270
https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords
Reminder pidgin stores your credentials in plain text, on purpose, because the developer thinks windows' built in access controls are enough to protect them.
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>>59333582
fixed implies it was a bug. It's intentional. fucker has a whole autistic ass blog post making excuses for why he thinks it's a valid security strategy.
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>>59333336
came here to post this.
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>>59335391
>pidgin stores your credentials in plain text, on purpose, because the developer thinks windows' built in access controls are enough to protect them
That's the most retarded thing I've seen all day, jesus christ
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>>59335391
>im too lazy to encrypt your password so here are facts on why storing them in plain text is safer
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>>59335434
>>59335487
I guess I'll have to implement my own encryption layer to protect myself
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>>59333270
is it still posible to configure it for whatsapp?
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>>59335391
>storing plaintext is more secure than storing obfuscated passwords because no security is better than a false sense of security.
>If someone has access to your files then there's no way to hide sensitive data
>If you store the file encrypted on the disk and the process needs to write to the file while it's running, there's no difference between that and having no encryption.
I hate pidgin now
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>>59335391
he's kinda right, but it's not like the performance trade-off is worth it. just salt and hash like sane people.
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>>59337040
But then, it wouldn't be able to connect and login to the accounts.
It does need the passwords period
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Hi.
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why not just use bitlbee
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>>59335391
>using Winblows
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>>59337235
nobody knows what that is
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>>59333270
>not making your own messenger and sharing it with your friends
>current year
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>>59340098
anyone that heard of pidgin also heard of bitlbee, where libpurple is optional
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>>59333270
What year is it
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Use Franz.
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