Comment 82 for bug 137247

You know, I've been hearing this ever since NM appeared, and I still don't understand why. SSH keeps *private*keys* in plain text files, protected by nothing but file & folder permissions (it allows users to enter a passphrase, but doesn't even protest if they don't).

I don't see why WPA network keys are that much more secret than private keys that doing the same would be *very* quick and dirty, especially since they're almost always shared between several people.