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Although the iPhone boasts the lowest rate of security issues for a major computing platform, many developers only take advantage of a handful of these features. In this chapter, we will introduce Keychain Services, Appleā€™s security framework for encrypting notes, passwords, and SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificates at the system level.

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Ā© 2016 Ahmed Bakir, Gheorghe Chesler, and Manny de la Torriente

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Bakir, A., Chesler, G., de la Torriente, M. (2016). Using Keychain Services to Secure Data. In: Program the Internet of Things with Swift for iOS. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1194-6_13

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