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The solution is to install the alternative keyring module. This module stores an encrypted keystore on disk, but it also stores the decryption key right next to it. This is why it’s “non-recommended.,” But but it’s still a huge improvement over having secrets in your code, or stored plaintext on disk, because it shelters your secret from accidental publishing in git push, and it obsessively sets private filesystem permissions on the keystore, so a breach is only possible if an attacker gains access to the storage, bypassing the filesystem permissions, or if the user account itself is compromised:
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