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Whilst researching another question, I've noticed that on OS X 10.9.4 there are many instances of Library/Keychains/login.keychain from ~ within the Data folder of what looks like apps from Apple App Store within ~/Library/Containers.

Is this merely a coincidence, or does this mean that any random app from the App Store can so easily get a hold of all of my passwords in one go?

cnst
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No. Just because there is an alias to something from an app's sandbox container does not mean the App has access to it -- that's still controlled by the app's entitlement list (and I strongly suspect Apple would reject any app that requested direct access to a user's keychain files). Also, even if it could access the file directly (as a non-sandboxed app could), the passwords are encrypted, so it'd still have to get past that layer of security.

Gordon Davisson
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