How do applications store passwords and other sensitive data?

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classified-ads

Varies. There is no optimal solution. http://katiska.org/classified-ads/ does not store passwords. It stores RSA keys encrypted with symmectric crypto where "password" is used to encrypt/decrypt the actual RSA key. When you enter your password, the program will try to decrypt every RSA key in storage. When it opens one, the opened RSA key will be used to open rest of the stuff that is stored in disk encrypted with that RSA key.

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