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blemasle
4 years agoOccasional Contributor
Storing ssh private key should not mean storing them unencrypted
Hi,
Just found out that 1password now supports SSH keys, wonderful!
Trouble is, 1 password decrypts the private key and returns a unencrypted key when downloading the file. Why not decrypt the ...
blemasle
4 years agoOccasional Contributor
It would be really nice if the key could have a password field associated in 1Password - so when I export it, that password will be used. (And when I import it, the password will be saved into 1Password)
That would be awesome indeed!
The official documentation mentions
If the passphrase for your SSH key is already saved in 1Password, use Quick Access to find and copy it without needing to switch context.
I get it for the "migration" phase, but this is total non sense from an user point of view on the long term and feels kind of a hack/quirk.