Re: Password Security

[nm joscollin org]

If you do not share your username and password of your computer then your
problem is solved. You won't be sharing your user settings then.

Happy Hacking,
Jos Collin

> Hello, I am using NetworkManager Applet 0.8. It works great except for
> one very annoying thing : there is a checkbox that says "show password"
> and someone (luckily a friend) was able to copy my password just by
> using this little funny feature. Could'nt you make sure that the user
> has to be root in order to view the password? It IS very annoying, since
> this feature makes every password absolutely useless. Sorry to be so
> direct, but this really is a BIG issue for me (and I think it should not
> be too hard to change it for the guy who developped it).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Timo Babst
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