I think most applications store it in plain text, but makes sure the file is only readable by the current user. This way, we rely on the protection of the OS, instead of doing it ourselves. (I’m not a desktop app developer, so I might be completely wrong, but I think this is what e.g. Firefox does).
I think most applications store it in plain text, but makes sure the file is only readable by the current user. This way, we rely on the protection of the OS, instead of doing it ourselves. (I’m not a desktop app developer, so I might be completely wrong, but I think this is what e.g. Firefox does).