Secretive: Protecting SSH Keys on macOS

If you use SSH keys on a Mac, there’s a great tool that helps protect them better. The tool is called Secretive. It is free and open source. It uses the Secure Enclave, which is a special security chip built into most modern Macs. With Secretive, your SSH private keys stay inside this chip. They never appear on your hard drive. This means malware or hac…