Bug 316821 - no way to view stored password
no way to view stored password
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Passwords, Cookies, & Certificates
1.8.x
Other Linux
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Assigned To: Epiphany Maintainers
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Reported: 2005-09-21 02:11 UTC by Hubert Figuiere (:hub)
Modified: 2006-01-11 20:27 UTC (History)
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GNOME version: 2.11/2.12

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Description Hubert Figuiere (:hub) 2005-09-21 02:11:13 UTC 
Version details: 2.12 Ubuntu
Distribution/Version: Ubuntu/Breezy

There should be a way to view the stored password, securely. Firefox does it....
Comment 1 Jean-François Rameau 2005-10-24 19:03:52 UTC 
Some news.

A bit of code has been added to personal data manager so you can view stored
passwords (CVS HEAD).
But, according to Christian Persch:
"this is going away anyway as soon as I can finish gnome-keyring support" [1].
and
"since it's available near-plaintext (base64 encoded) on disk I don't think
there's a security problem with showing them on demand".

So be patient !

jean-françois Rameau

[1] http://live.gnome.org/Epiphany_2fFeatureDesign_2fGnomeKeyring
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