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Did Ubuntu goof by storing Wi-Fi passwords in clear text?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 27, 2013

Today in Open Source: Ubuntu is storing Wi-Fi passwords in clear text. Plus: The fifty best Android games of 2013, and the fifty best Android apps of 2013.

This is probably going to alarm some Ubuntu users when they find out about it. And it’s yet another potentially negative story about Ubuntu and Canonical. I wonder how long it will be before something is done about this on Canonical’s end? Perhaps if enough users complain they will get it changed in future releases of Ubuntu.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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