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Comment by shanipribadi

For comparison, iOS and Android's security model would not allow a Python package to steal SSH keys. But the best solution would be to implement least privileges principle and do not grant unnecessary privileges to programs.

I think even in iOS and Android, the same thing could still happen if the user keep secrets (say private keys) in their file directories, and then the user give permission to the app to access their file directories, which could be legitimate need of common applications like file manager, text editors, etc.

I think the main change to solve this would be to not keep secrets in files that are readable by users (or program run by users) implicitly, instead using a secret provider that makes it explicit to the user whenever an application needs to access such secrets.

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