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# SecItemAttr.negativeItemAttr

Identifies the negative attribute.

```
case negativeItemAttr
```

## Discussion

You use this tag to set or get a value of type `Boolean` that indicates whether there is a valid password associated with this keychain item. This is useful if your application doesn’t want a password for some particular service to be stored in the keychain, but prefers that it always be entered by the user. The item, which is typically invisible and with zero-length data, acts as a placeholder.

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