Credentials in plain text

I have the following code to authenticate to a SharePoint Online instance.Is there an alternative to storing the UserID and Password in plain text in the App.config?
using (ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext(spSiteUrl))
SecureString passWord = new SecureString();
foreach (char c in spPwd.ToCharArray()) passWord.AppendChar(c);
clientContext.Credentials = new SharePointOnlineCredentials(spUserId, passWord);
Web web = clientContext.Web;
clientContext.Load(web, w => w.Title, w => w.Url);
clientContext.ExecuteQuery();

hi Gerard,
Why don't you use this code ?
clientContext.AuthenticationMode = ClientAuthenticationMode.Default;or ClientAuthenticationMode.FormsAuthentication //It will open the Microsoft Login Assistant windowSo your app can understand the authentication mode of the currently logged in user and also I would suggest you to look into User Only policy or app+user policy on the permission.
By using the you don't want to store,encrypt or decryption the password. Azure AD will take care of your authentication and your app can manager the authorization.
If you are creating the any automated task (Connecting Remotely ) using Console Application , then it won't work. You need to provide the User name and password in the console window.
Murugesa Pandian.| MCPD | MCTS | SharePoint 2010

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