What is the point of the NM keyring?

[Björn Persson]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> > So if your password on one system gets compromised, it does not
> > compromise your password on other systems.
>
> OK, that seems a valid point, but does not actually apply to me,
> as all the passwords in question in my case are on one computer.

Really? Well, *maybe* you don't have any email accounts on any servers but 
receive all your email directly to your workstation, but if Network Manager 
needs a key from the Gnome keyring, then it's because your wireless network 
requires an access key, so that key isn't local to your computer.

Björn Persson