[kde-linux] Kopete and saving passwords.

[sc]

On Wednesday 31 October 2007 18:15, Dale wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use Kopete to do my Yahoo instant messaging.  For some time
> now when I close Kopete or log out of KDE, the password gets
> messed up and I have to reenter the password.  I notice that
> it adds extra characters to the password.  It is the little
> bullet things but there is more of them than is in my
> password.
>
> Is there a fix for this?  Is this a bug?  A wrong setting on
> my system maybe?

every password edit control worth a toot re-shows the same
number of "little bullet things" for every password, so
prying eyes can't learn *anything* about your password, not
even its length

sc