Open metalslug666 opened 6 years ago
This is not a bug. This is how keybase "device" is designed.
Keybase's design is especially problematic for people who do not realize this and sell a PC without formatting. (though Keybase may be the least of your worries if you do that) Or if they let other people etc. use the same PC with the same OS user account...... or worse even if they log in on a public PC (like a library)...
iirc they are working on settings to delete the encryption secret after a timer (that the user can set) which would get rid of one file... but the device key (encrypted) will still remain. Deleting that file would mean you need to generate a new "device" on your keybase.
I am aware it works this way, thank you for the confirmation tough. Usually a programs (sensible) files are deleted completely on uninstall, you have the option to delete or keep the files. This is what I would have expected and it seems fairly simple too.
Usually a programs (sensible) files are deleted completely on uninstall
Actually, this is not true. Uninstalling Word does not delete all your .docx files.
Keybase generates a user-data file that are keys. These are not program-data files, they are user-data like if I were to make a word document with Word. With Keybase you make keyfiles. Leaving them after uninstall is sensible...
But I guess it's up to interpretation....... anywho, this is how it works.
Lol ok.
Doc files are the same as keyfiles
i had keybase installed for a while, then i uninstalled it. and when i installed it again i was logged in without haveing to provide any auth information. i wou ld have expected that all keybase related data would be removed.
my log id: 9f45f257ba26e4cab9428a1c