The security policy in Fedora is ridiculous. I have an encrypted HDD that needs root passwords two times every time I mount it. I have stored the encryption key in a keyring. Updating software can also be ridiculous in the same way. Fedora 15 did actually remember passwords better than Fedora 18 now does. It has become worse every by release. And I don't get why (the fuck) you have a program that can show all passwords in clear text. Why bother asking for passwords five million times when all passwords are available in clear text. I'm well aware of the argument "well, every application could potentially display passwords from unlocked keyrings, that's by design". Yes, I know that installed applications could leak passwords to the user if they wanted to (but they don't). Also - if you wanted to display passwords stored in the keyring you would have to install an application that does this. To install an application you have to enter root password so it's essentially safe. Why do you ship Fedora with an application already instaleld that can leak passwords to any user? That's insane. I might not know exactly how security is handled in Fedora but I know that the current way is idiotic and insane. Don't ship an OS that has a program installed by default that spoils all "secret" passwords to any user! And stop asking me 259023479723498123640891398273492374 times for my root password. Get a grip.
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