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Not true, SSH keys need their passphrase to be used. If you don’t set one, that’s on you.

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Come on, 95% of users don’t set passwords on their ssh keys

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Where are these stays from lmao.

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Counting my friends

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Well yes, but also how would users react if they had to type in their passphrase every time they open the app? This is also exactly what we’re giving up everywhere else by clicking ‘remember this device’.

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If someone gets access they can delete your keys, or set up something that can intercept your keys in other ways.

The security of data at rest is just one piece of the puzzle. In many systems the access to the data is considered much more important than whether the data itself is encrypted in one particular scenario.

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