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Probably not a big deal, but they're reinventing the wheel a bit... Windows has RtlEncryptMemory/CryptProtectMemory for this.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/dpapi/nf-...

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Not really a cross-platform API, is it?

No, but I'm suggesting it's not a bad idea to use it on Windows. That way if there's ever an improvement made to it (imagine better hardware support or something coming along someday), you'd get it automatically.

No, but it could take advantage of native API in each platform and fall back into Go ones when such kind of APIs aren't available.

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