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elb at pidgin.im
Mon Aug 26 10:10:43 EDT 2013
David Balažic spake unto us the following wisdom:
> [Password Strength]
> Engineers sometimes lose their perspective on things...
Note that, while this is generally good advice (better than writing
down passwords and using Password!), it's not universally agreed that
it's a great scheme.
Note also that I, for one, am not an engineer.
> Until Pidgin is changed (is there no plugin for this?), people can use
> file or disk encryption provided by their operating system or 3rd
This is correct.
> How to, is (or should be) described in the FAQ.
No. Maybe we should mention that one could/should do so, but we don't
need to explain how. There are simply too many options, and too many
pitfalls. Bad advice is worse than no advice.
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