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maxgoedjen / secretive

Store SSH keys in the Secure Enclave
MIT License
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Will keys be lost if MacOs is reinstalled? #394

Open vysecurity opened 2 years ago

vysecurity commented 2 years ago

Will keys be lost if MacOS is reinstalled?

maxgoedjen commented 2 years ago

@vysecurity in general, I would say the answer is yes. There are some edge cases where that may not be the case (specifically: if you wipe a Mac and then restore it with a Time Machine image created against that same hardware), but I wouldn't feel confident enough in that behavior to rely on it.