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by notblahbl4hblah 4387 days ago
No such thing as a secure keystore? He needs to look harder. Aside from hardware which is tamper proof... which exists in smart cards and TPM chips... most operating systems use file system ACL's. Yes running as "root" means you can get the keys... you have to protect them...
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Why did this get downvoted? No one even replied!
You are right, and the fact that people are just dismissing you out of hand is frightening. It shows a lack of even the interest to understand how off-base they are.