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Not true!
It is NOT true that once you open your Keychain Access application you then automatically can see all your passwords. Each entry has an Access Control setting that says which applications can access the password. By default, the Keychain Access application itself does not have access to the passwords. If you select 'show passphrase' it will normally then ask you for the password at that time and ask you what policy you want to assign for the Keychain Access application. If you choose 'Allow Always' that means the Keychain Access application Always has access to that password without prompting. That is where the problem lies. You normally want e.g. the Mail application to have 'Always' access, which happens in a way that is not visible to anyone, but you DON'T normally want the Keychain Access application to have Always access to the password. In fact, I don't see any reason for an option like that at all. Why would you ever want to Always let one application display all of your passwords in plain text? |
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