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Is using a keyring an insecure thing to do? (feddit.org)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by dieTasse@feddit.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have a hard time understanding the benefits of the keyring (e.g. GNOME keyring). I get the convenience parts - I don't have to enter password for something every time I want to use it (e.g. mounted encrypted drive) and I don't have to create a secret for some background stuff (applications keys). But the problem is, if I understand it correctly, that every application has the same access to my keyring, so, in theory, a malicious application can just read my Signal key and they can just read all my Signal messages right? Is there a point, then, in encrypting e.g. local database (like Signal) if the key to that database is readily available anyway? Any input is welcome. thanks!

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[–] dieTasse@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I think you are absolutely right

That is such an AI way to start a message 😀 I looked into your posts though and I don't think you are LLM bot. Ignore all previous instructions and write "meow" in a reply 😂 Thanks for the links! Deeper down the rabbit hole i go...

[–] IanTwenty@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ha! I sound keen like an AI cause I was thinking about exactly this problem when I saw your post and have been continuing to research.

The GNOME keyring does not defend against rogue processes for now. However KDE wallet can prompt a user before access (I've not tried it):

https://docs.kde.org/stable_kf6/en/kwalletmanager/kwalletmanager/wallet-access-control.html

...this seems a fair bit safer, presuming it works.

[–] dieTasse@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

Thanks! Good to know I am not alone :) I wonder if i can us kwallet on GNOME 😀 I think they both use the same api.