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Is using a keyring an insecure thing to do?
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Ha! I sound keen like an AI cause I was thinking about exactly this problem when I saw your post and have been continuing to research.
The GNOME keyring does not defend against rogue processes for now. However KDE wallet can prompt a user before access (I've not tried it):
https://docs.kde.org/stable_kf6/en/kwalletmanager/kwalletmanager/wallet-access-control.html
...this seems a fair bit safer, presuming it works.
Thanks! Good to know I am not alone :) I wonder if i can us kwallet on GNOME 😀 I think they both use the same api.