Storing password is very insecure

vbsteven / Telenet-Telemeter-Chrome-extension

Chrome extension to check Telemeter of belgian ISP Telenet

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Storing password is very insecure #3

Open Savjee opened 13 years ago

Savjee commented 13 years ago

The username and password are stored in plain text. This allows everyone with access to the computer to see and use the password.

I think this is pretty dangerous!

jlsjonas commented 13 years ago

think so to; but if telenet requires plain format password I don't think you can do much about it (except for an encryption key, but then it's just a matter of decrypting with that known key