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Comment by gregoriol

2 hours ago

If your system is compromised, it doesn't matter what you are using: the attacker will get the password for whatever secure thing you store your secrets in.

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psd1  1 hour ago

Sure, but is your system compromised because someone left a key in plaintext? Attack surface is finite and can be meaningfully reduced.

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