Bug 217132

Summary: Disable KWallet for Kopete (option in Kopete)
Product: [Unmaintained] kopete Reporter: Andrew Udvare <audvare>
Component: generalAssignee: Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: wishlist CC: b.brachaczek
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
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Description Andrew Udvare 2009-12-02 23:07:30 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.3.3)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

I really do not like either of these choices:

1) Enter KWallet password upon going to status 'Online' in Kopete (default)
2) Enter every password for every account (after hitting cancel to KWallet requests)

I am sure I am not the only person in the world who is the only person who uses his computer. I would like if Kopete offered a way to store the passwords (yes, insecurely) in the kopeterc file or elsewhere. Regardless, no password entering at all. Make a big warning about how unsafe it is and etc. But it is well-known this is a big security flaw in Pidgin. Regardless, a lot of people still use it.

A more safe way is to use public/private key encryption. That way a file is required in order to read the passwords. This path should be customisable. This way a Kopete password file is useless without a key.
Comment 1 Christoph Cullmann 2024-09-18 18:27:45 UTC 
Dear user, unfortunately Kopete is no longer maintained.

Please migrate to another solution, e.g. for Jabber a possibility is Kaidan, for Matrix a candidate is NeoChat.