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CPU Speed Accelerator 2.7 (Mac OS X)

THIS SOFTWARE PUTS YOUR PASSWORD AT RISK!  

The recent "opener" script looks for a preference file created by this software in which your login password is stored in simple Base 64 encoding which can be decoded on numerous websites such as http://www.securitystats.com/tools/base64.php This is incredibly irresponsible on the part of the developer. Apple offers free and complete information on how this software could make use of the keychain to store the password in a secure manner. See the "opener" script for a list of dozens of other software products that also store passwords outside the keychain - many in clear text. WAKE UP DEVELOPERS! http://freaky.staticusers.net/ugboard/viewtopic.php?t=10712 [alert admin]

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Sunday, October 31 2004 @ 09:28 AM PST

DynDNS Client 1.0 (Mac OS X)

THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT TAKE PASSWORD SECURITY SERIOUSLY.  

The recent "opener" script looks for a world-readable preference file created by this software in which your DynDNS password is stored in CLEAR TEXT. This is incredibly irresponsible on the part of the developer. Apple offers free and complete information on how this software could make use of the keychain to store the password in a secure manner. See the "opener" script for a list of dozens of other software products that also store passwords outside the keychain - many in clear text. WAKE UP DEVELOPERS! http://freaky.staticusers.net/ugboard/viewtopic.php?t=10712 [alert admin]

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Sunday, October 31 2004 @ 09:23 AM PST

PiePants 1.0.0b3 (Mac OS X)

THIS PROGRAM PUTS YOUR PASSWORD AT RISK!  

The recent "opener" script looks for a preference file created by this software in which your password is stored in CLEAR-TEXT. This is incredibly irresponsible on the part of the developer. Apple offers free and complete information on how this software could make use of the keychain to store the password in a secure manner. See the "opener" script for a list of dozens of other software products that also store passwords outside the keychain - many in clear text. WAKE UP DEVELOPERS! http://freaky.staticusers.net/ugboard/viewtopic.php?t=10712 [alert admin]

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Sunday, October 31 2004 @ 09:20 AM PST

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.2 (Mac OS X)

THIS SOFTWARE CAN LEAVE YOUR PASSWORD AT RISK!  

THIS PROGRAM STORES YOUR PASSWORD IN A WORLD-READABLE FILE IN /Library/Preferences/Tivoli\ Storage\ Manager/ The recent "opener" script looks for a preference file created by this software in which your password is stored. This is incredibly irresponsible on the part of the developer. Apple offers free and complete information on how this software could make use of the keychain to store the password in a secure manner. See the "opener" script for a list of dozens of other software products that also store passwords outside the keychain - many in clear text. WAKE UP DEVELOPERS! http://freaky.staticusers.net/ugboard/viewtopic.php?t=10712 [alert admin]

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Sunday, October 31 2004 @ 09:17 AM PST

MacCVSClient 1.9 (Mac OS X)

DO NOT SAVE YOUR PASSWORD IN PREFERENCES!  

IF YOU USE THIS SOFTWARE DO NOT CHECK THE BOX IN PREFERENCES TO SAVE YOUR PASSWORD - IT LEAVES YOUR PASSWORD AT RISK. The recent "opener" script looks for a preference file created by this software in which your password is stored in CLEAR TEXT. This is incredibly irresponsible on the part of the developer. Apple offers free and complete information on how this software could make use of the keychain to store the password in a secure manner. See the "opener" script for a list of dozens of other software products that also store passwords outside the keychain - many in clear text. WAKE UP DEVELOPERS! http://freaky.staticusers.net/ugboard/viewtopic.php?t=10712 [alert admin]

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Sunday, October 31 2004 @ 09:13 AM PST

Yahoo! Messenger X 2.5.3 (Mac OS X)

DO NOT SAVE YOUR PASSWORD!  

IF YOU USE THIS SOFTWARE DO NOT SAVE YOUR PASSWORD FOR AUTOMATIC LOGIN - IT LEAVES YOUR PASSWORD AT RISK. The recent "opener" script looks for a preference file (name begins with com.yahoo.Messenger.)created by this software in which is stored your Yahoo password in simple Base 64 encoding which can be decoded on numerous websites such as http://www.securitystats.com/tools/base64.php. This is incredibly irresponsible on the part of the developer. Apple offers free and complete information on how this software could make use of the keychain to store the password in a secure manner. See the "opener" script for a list of dozens of other software products that also store passwords outside the keychain - many in clear text. WAKE UP DEVELOPERS! http://freaky.staticusers.net/ugboard/viewtopic.php?t=10712 [alert admin]

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Sunday, October 31 2004 @ 09:09 AM PST

System Optimizer X 4.5.4 (Mac OS X)

Plays fast and loose with your password!  

IF YOU USE THIS SOFTWARE DO NOT SAVE YOUR PASSWORD FOR AUTOMATING THE MAINTENANCE TASKS - IT LEAVES YOUR PASSWORD AT RISK. The recent "opener" script looks for a preference file created by this software in which is stored your admin password in CLEAR TEXT. This is incredibly irresponsible on the part of the developer. Apple offers free and complete information on how this software could make use of the keychain to store the password in a secure manner. See the "opener" script for a list of dozens of other software products that also store passwords outside the keychain - many in clear text. WAKE UP DEVELOPERS! http://freaky.staticusers.net/ugboard/viewtopic.php?t=10712 [alert admin]

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Sunday, October 31 2004 @ 08:57 AM PST

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