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> I suppose the author meant that the illusion of proper encryption is worse than simply storing the password as plaintext In this case, the alternative would
by whyever 8y ago
> I suppose the author meant that the illusion of proper encryption is worse than simply storing the password as plaintext
In this case, the alternative would be not storing the password at all. Note that "plaintext" in the title refers to the SSH key and not the password protecting the SSH key.