• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    20 days ago

    Don’t overthink the metaphor. These things are fragile and fall apart. The “door with a lock” is the “guarantee” (wink wink) that the operating system won’t let programs see memory they shouldn’t be allowed to. Putting your valuables in a safe instead of sitting in the floor would be encrypting the passwords in memory in the metaphor.