As mentioned in the comments, plain text keys aren’t bad because they are necessary. You have to have at least one plain text key in order to be able to use encryption

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Sorry, I don’t think I understand what you’re suggesting. Are you saying encryption keys should themselves be encrypted?

FYI this story isn’t about plaintext passwords, it’s about plaintext encryption keys to chat history.

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I deleted my reply, because I don’t know what I’m talking.

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