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> Security. First of all, let's just consider the fact that with .env files you are storing completely unencrypted secrets locally on your machine... In genera
by josephcsible 4y ago
> Security. First of all, let's just consider the fact that with .env files you are storing completely unencrypted secrets locally on your machine...
In general, right after people say this, they propose encrypting the secrets somehow but then storing the decryption key completely unencrypted locally right next to them, or something that's equivalent to doing that. Is this an exception?
- vmatsiiako 4y agoNot really, because a decryption key is stored in a secure place (e.g., mac keychain)
- mdmglr 4y agoWhat’s worse is I’ve seen developers “encrypt” secrets by then base64 encoding it.