Ubuntu
empathy package

  1. Bug #118800
  2. Comment #45

Comment 45 for bug 118800

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Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe) wrote :

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Amr:
The answer is somewhat complicated and boils down to "it is probably encrypted on disk".

Empathy passwords are stored in the GNOME keyring, which by default is encrypted on disk using your login password. It is possible to override this and use unsafe storage with your GNOME keyring in which case it will be stored on disk in something that amounts to plain text.

Once a keyring is unlocked all passwords can be viewed in their original unencrypted form. Typically, when you log in your keyring unlocked.