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Re:Launch HN: Termius (YC W19) – SSH client that works on de... by rkudiyarov on Friday June 07, 2019 @01:16AM (#20121840)
Yes, that is user's home directory, e.g., SSH keys in ~/.ssh are also plain text.
Re:Launch HN: Termius (YC W19) – SSH client that works on de... by jamesponddotco on Friday June 07, 2019 @01:21AM (#20121860)
Not their passwords, tho. I am not trying to be difficult here, just trying to understand the reasoning behind leaving the passwords stored in plain text.
Re:Launch HN: Termius (YC W19) – SSH client that works on de... by rkudiyarov on Friday June 07, 2019 @02:14AM (#20122060)
We found no way to store password somehow else as Keychains are platform specific, but we plan to add Keychain support in the future.
Re:Launch HN: Termius (YC W19) – SSH client that works on de... by Terretta on Friday June 07, 2019 @06:50AM (#20123285)
If you used ‘platform specific’ built-in secrets sync you’d be done... but then how would you justify charging for the built in sync? So I see your conundrum.
Re:Launch HN: Termius (YC W19) – SSH client that works on de... by __david__ on Friday June 07, 2019 @06:27AM (#20123180)
> …SSH keys in ~/.ssh are also plain text.

What? Mine aren't, nor have they ever been…

If you are storing ssh private keys on disk without a password you are doing something wrong.

Re:Launch HN: Termius (YC W19) – SSH client that works on de... by icebraining on Friday June 07, 2019 @06:45AM (#20123260)
If someone can read the files in .ssh, chances are they can also add an alias to the ssh command that steals your passphrase. As for the "stolen laptop" scenario, whole disk encryption is preferable.