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Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext (stackdiary.com)

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[–] jerkface 1 points 7 months ago

They are text files but they are not "plaintext". They are (optionally) encrypted with a user-supplied password. That is why you need ssh-agent to stay sane.

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