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An interface for flagging certain accounts as hidden, so that they do
not appear in the account manager's standard lists of accounts.
Accounts whose True are intended for non-interactive use (by
non-user-visible services), and appear on the
XMPP, in particular, is increasingly used for purposes other than instant messaging and VoIP. For instance, extensions exist for inter-device bookmark synchronization.
While obviously these services could re-use connections intended for instant messaging, in some cases you might want to use a different account. (Perhaps your bookmark sync provider is not your IM provider.) This API allows such auxiliary accounts to exist in Telepathy, while not being displayed in standard user interfaces for IM, VoIP, and friends.
If True, this account is intended for non-interactive
use, and thus should not be presented to the user. It will not appear
in properties and signals on the main