Ubuntu Is Storing Wi-Fi-Passwords in Clear Text By Default

[miguelpires]

Hi,
Thanks for the info!! I'm going to learn how to secure my kids PC!
Best regards
Miguel

[Linuxisfast]

Hi,
For me is a little bit strange this situation. The average user don't need/have knowlege to encript the disk and set a Bios pass, and don't know that the pass of the wifi are in plain text.
regards
Miguel

The Ubuntu installer is the best in its class when it comes to partitioning and encrypting drive during install so I suggest you give it a try next time.

[Habitual]

Wireless Fidelity IS NOT SECURE to begin with.
The password being "clear" to "someone" is trivial.

[r3dd]

Just a thought, if you are not comfortable with plain text passwords you can uninstall Network Manager and use Wicd. Wicd encrypts the passwords for you. Once again, just a thought. It is LINUX, you can do whatever you want with it.