Re:Master password in Firefox or Thunderbird? Do not bother
by still_grokking on Saturday March 10, 2018 @10:02PM
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> If anything, the new iMac pro has a Secure Enclave, which means we can soon expect in some number of years that most computers will as well.
I don't know about Macs but PCs have a Smart-Card like Chip called TPM build in for about 20 years by now.
One of the main functions a TPM offers is the secure storage of encryption keys.
I wonder such a feature comes only now to Macs with about two decades of a delay?
Re:Master password in Firefox or Thunderbird? Do not bother
by lclarkmichalek on Saturday March 10, 2018 @11:47PM
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I mean, TPMs only started appearing in laptops in the mid 2000s, but whatever. Unlike the TPM on most non-Apple laptops I've bought recently, the OSX secure enclave does significantly impact the security of the system. I don't know why Apple decided to create their own instead of using the standard TPM, but they've done a pretty good job of using it, unlike most other hardware vendors.
Re:Master password in Firefox or Thunderbird? Do not bother
by user5994461 on Saturday March 10, 2018 @08:38PM
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Not correct. Unless you're specifically talking about some stuff by Apple.
Do you know that windows has had password stores for many decades?
Re:Master password in Firefox or Thunderbird? Do not bother
by seandougall on Saturday March 10, 2018 @11:21PM
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Which part was not correct? macOS does indeed have, and has long had, a keychain API, if that’s the part you’re thinking of.
If anything, the new iMac pro has a Secure Enclave, which means we can soon expect in some number of years that most computers will as well.