# Sensitive variables end up plaintext in VariableNamespaces.xml
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/sensitive-variables-end-up-plaintext-in-variablenamespaces-xml/5447
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [December 29, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/sensitive-variables-end-up-plaintext-in-variablenamespaces-xml/5447 "2015-12-29T11:27:19Z")
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### Author:  [@braindead](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/braindead)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/sensitive-variables-end-up-plaintext-in-variablenamespaces-xml/5447/1 "2015-12-29T11:27:19Z")
Subject sums it up. It seems like these variables should be encrypted in some way rather than plain text.
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### Author:  [@Sparky](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Sparky)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/sensitive-variables-end-up-plaintext-in-variablenamespaces-xml/5447/2 "2016-01-04T01:08:41Z")
Hi,
Thank you for notifying us of this omission. We have now implemented a fix and sensitive variables will be encrypted in VariableNamespaces.xml in the next version.
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### Author:  [@braindead](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/braindead)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/sensitive-variables-end-up-plaintext-in-variablenamespaces-xml/5447/3 "2016-01-04T03:13:23Z")
Thanks! I appreciate that you have Staff monitoring this and generally these problems get resolved with a minimum of drama…one of the selling points I use internally so keep up the good work!