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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 78505] wallets require a password
From:       Jason Keirstead <jason () keirstead ! org>
Date:       2004-06-08 19:37:17
Message-ID: 20040608193717.21820.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From jason keirstead org  2004-06-08 21:37 -------
On June 8, 2004 04:09 pm, George Staikos wrote:
> In particular, I travel with my laptop.  If I lose it, I
> can have a high degree of confidence that my passwords won't be stolen.
> I  couldn't do that before when I was using a text file.

This is only true if you take the time to randomize the contents of entire 
swap file every time you log out of the laptop.

Also, you do have to consider that if you just took into account the # of 
users, KDE desktop users probably outnumber laptop users by a huge margin.

I think we can all agree that the point of the bug ( the ability to have an 
unencrypted kwallet ) is extremely valid. Many / most people just simply do 
not care about the security of these passwords, since they do not commit 
important passwords to disk anyways.
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