alt Hacker NewsLinux stores plenty of passwords in clear text in /etc and $HOME and this is considered acceptable by most users. These same people also believe the TPM is a spy chip.
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vondur • yesterday at 7:16 PM
Really in /etc plain text? I could see some random app possibly doing that somewhere in ~/.config, but I don't think Linux itself stores passwords in plain text for systemwide use.
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abhinavk • yesterday at 8:03 PM
You know `/etc/passwd` doesn't really have passwords in it.
josefritzishere • yesterday at 7:21 PM
I thought Linux stored plain text credentials owned by root that require elevated permissions.
cwillu • yesterday at 7:13 PM
> Linux stores plenty of passwords in plain text in /etc
That's gonna be a big ol' [CITATION NEEDED] from me, dawg.
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You really need to upgrade to UNIX Version 6 or later. Some of the improvements since 1974 are well worth having.