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Keychain issues
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The keychain module seems to be missing functionality. No way to set a master password, and deleting it doesn't requrie confirmation.
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My iPhone brick running Pythonista 1.5 supports
keychain.set_master_password. For mysterious reasons, this is not included in Pythonista 2. @omz -
Well this is a serious issue since I need a secure way to store passwords
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Would be useful when working with APIs on device
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You can still set passwords for individual accounts using
set_password. That can be done programmatically too, so you can ask the user for a password once and then secure multiple accounts with it. Of course this is not the same as a master password, but it should at least work. -
You could also encrypt the passwords yourself, using PyCrypto...
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The keychain also survives an app deletion btw
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Now I understand why I was having a problem to come up with a reasonable class using KeyChain. There was a bit missing 😱
But when this is resolved, it would be great if someone could make a wrapper/extended class or lib that simplifies using the keychain for Dropbox app folder/apps/, Github etc...also incorporating Touch ID(https://forum.omz-software.com/topic/2156/share-code-touch-id-authentication-in-pythonista)
So some standard templates for some known popular services and a generic template for adhoc passwords/Secrects -
Also it could be used to store data that needs to survive an app reinstall potentially.
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@scj643 , yes. Backup/restore methods to whatever service. Or at least some popular services.
