Editing Pidgin (software) (section)

== Criticisms ==
* As observed by Wired in 2015, the libpurple codebase is "known for its bountiful security bugs".<ref>{{cite magazine|title = Tor Just Launched the Easiest App Yet for Anonymous, Encrypted IM|url = https://www.wired.com/2015/10/tor-just-launched-the-easiest-app-yet-for-anonymous-encrypted-im/|magazine = WIRED|access-date = October 31, 2015|date = October 31, 2015|last = Greenberg|author-link = Andy Greenberg|first = Andy}}</ref> In 2011, security vulnerabilities were already discovered in popular OTR plugins using libpurple.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/09/open-source-security-auditing|title=EFF's Open Source Security Audit Uncovers Security Vulnerabilities in Messaging Software|date=September 22, 2011 }}</ref>
* As of version 2.4 and later, the ability to manually resize the text input box of conversations was removed. This led to a [[fork (software)|fork]], Carrier (originally named Funpidgin).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4986 |title=Ticket #4986 (closed enhancement: wontfix) – automatic chat input field resizing should be optional, regression from 2.3 |date=March 1, 2008 |publisher=pidgin.im |access-date=March 8, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/04/in-response-to.html|title=In Response to User Demand, Pidgin Forks|publisher=Wired.com|first=Paul |last=Adams|date=April 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519204346/http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/04/in-response-to.html |archive-date=May 19, 2008}}</ref><ref>Malda, Rob (April 30, 2008). [http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/30/1822237 "Pidgin Controversy Triggers Fork"]. [[Slashdot]].</ref>
* [[Password]]s are stored in a [[plaintext]] file, readable by any person or program that can access the user's files. Version 3.0 of Pidgin (no announced release date)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://developer.pidgin.im/milestone/3.0.0 |title=Milestone 3.0.0—Pidgin |date=July 3, 2014}}</ref> will support password storage in system keyrings such as [[KWallet]] and the [[GNOME Keyring]] for Linux, [[Keychain (software)|Keychain]] for macOS, and winCred API for Windows.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/KeyringSupport |title=KeyringSupport—Pidgin |date=July 3, 2014|publisher=pidgin.im}}</ref><ref name="birdq4" />
* Pidgin does not currently support pausing or reattempting file transfers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/5769 |title=Ticket #5769 (new enhancement) – Resume broken file transfers |date=May 11, 2008 |publisher=pidgin.im |access-date=October 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/7486 |title=Ticket #7486 (closed enhancement: duplicate) – xdcc download-resuming-support |date=November 7, 2008 |access-date=December 30, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/1425 |title=Ticket #1425 (new enhancement)- No ability to resume in IRC file transfers|date=May 30, 2007 |publisher=pidgin.im |access-date=December 30, 2008}}</ref>
* Pidgin does not allow disabling the group sorting on the contact list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/1325#comment:23 |title=#1325: add option to hide groups |publisher=pidgin.im |access-date=April 22, 2013}}</ref>