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In a perfect world, they wouldn't. Keys should live in Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), Key Vaults (like AWS KMS or Azure Vault), or environment variables. aes keys txt download
A key must be kept secret. If someone else gets that key, the encryption is useless. The "TXT Download" Problem Why would anyone store an AES key in a .txt file? Have you ever accidentally exposed a secret key