Thread: IM, Email Passwords Are Stored as Plain Text
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2010-01-18 , 13:12
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#62
Originally Posted by hqh View Post
Like already mentioned, providing a false sense of security through obscuring the passwords would do no good either. They would still be easily accessible by determined "friends"/family members and malicious programs.
Ummm. Who talked about obscuring them? Clearly something like a keyring is needed for passwords - that's encrypting, and not obscuring.