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Re:Retaking the Web Browser, One Small Step at a Time by 400thecat on Sunday February 09, 2025 @01:18AM (#42988873)
why do you want to save a file unencrypted on your filesystem, when encryption is available?
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Re:Retaking the Web Browser, One Small Step at a Time by soulofmischief on Sunday February 09, 2025 @01:46AM (#42988963)
You generally shouldn't. But data at rest is different from data in transit in that you are vulnerable to a MITM with data in transit. Who cares if you're saving an encrypted file or not, if you can't trust that it's the same file that you intended to access.
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Re:Retaking the Web Browser, One Small Step at a Time by archerx on Sunday February 09, 2025 @02:46AM (#42989189)
Because I still want access to my files if there is a catastrophic system failure?
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Re:Retaking the Web Browser, One Small Step at a Time by frizlab on Sunday February 09, 2025 @01:52AM (#42988991)
Saving unencrypted data at rest is not possible anymore on macOS. Even though it may appear as unencrypted, it is always encrypted.
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