diff --git a/packages/widget/src/storage/indexedDbStore.ts b/packages/widget/src/storage/indexedDbStore.ts
index 86c773c..a50f2a9 100644
--- a/packages/widget/src/storage/indexedDbStore.ts
+++ b/packages/widget/src/storage/indexedDbStore.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import type { KeyValueStore } from "@bitlogin/core/storage";
 
 const DB_NAME = "bitlogin";
 const STORE_NAME = "kv";
-const DB_VERSION = 1;
+const KEY_STORE_NAME = "device-keys";
+const DB_VERSION = 2;
 
 function openDb(): Promise<IDBDatabase> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ function openDb(): Promise<IDBDatabase> {
       if (!db.objectStoreNames.contains(STORE_NAME)) {
         db.createObjectStore(STORE_NAME);
       }
+      if (!db.objectStoreNames.contains(KEY_STORE_NAME)) {
+        db.createObjectStore(KEY_STORE_NAME);
+      }
     };
     request.onsuccess = () => resolve(request.result);
     request.onerror = () => reject(request.error);
@@ -56,4 +60,55 @@ export class IndexedDbKeyValueStore implements KeyValueStore {
       tx.onerror = () => reject(tx.error);
     });
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a non-extractable AES-GCM key kept by the browser's IndexedDB
+   * implementation. The key is deliberately separate from the string-only KV
+   * API so callers cannot accidentally serialize it as application data.
+   */
+  async getOrCreateDeviceKey(key: string): Promise<CryptoKey> {
+    const db = await this.db();
+    const existing = await new Promise<CryptoKey | undefined>((resolve, reject) => {
+      const request = db.transaction(KEY_STORE_NAME, "readonly").objectStore(KEY_STORE_NAME).get(key);
+      request.onsuccess = () => resolve(request.result as CryptoKey | undefined);
+      request.onerror = () => reject(request.error);
+    });
+    if (existing) return existing;
+
+    const created = await crypto.subtle.generateKey(
+      { name: "AES-GCM", length: 256 },
+      false,
+      ["encrypt", "decrypt"]
+    );
+
+    try {
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        const tx = db.transaction(KEY_STORE_NAME, "readwrite");
+        // add(), rather than put(), means a concurrent page keeps the key it
+        // won the race to create instead of orphaning its encrypted session.
+        tx.objectStore(KEY_STORE_NAME).add(created, key);
+        tx.oncomplete = () => resolve();
+        tx.onerror = () => reject(tx.error);
+      });
+      return created;
+    } catch {
+      const raced = await new Promise<CryptoKey | undefined>((resolve, reject) => {
+        const request = db.transaction(KEY_STORE_NAME, "readonly").objectStore(KEY_STORE_NAME).get(key);
+        request.onsuccess = () => resolve(request.result as CryptoKey | undefined);
+        request.onerror = () => reject(request.error);
+      });
+      if (raced) return raced;
+      throw new Error("Unable to create the browser-bound session key.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  async deleteDeviceKey(key: string): Promise<void> {
+    const db = await this.db();
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const tx = db.transaction(KEY_STORE_NAME, "readwrite");
+      tx.objectStore(KEY_STORE_NAME).delete(key);
+      tx.oncomplete = () => resolve();
+      tx.onerror = () => reject(tx.error);
+    });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/widget/src/worker/sessionCache.test.ts b/packages/widget/src/worker/sessionCache.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f941919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/widget/src/worker/sessionCache.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { KeyValueStore } from "@bitlogin/core/storage";
+import { clearCachedSession, loadCachedSession, saveCachedSession } from "./sessionCache.js";
+
+class TestSessionStore implements KeyValueStore {
+  values = new Map<string, string>();
+  keys = new Map<string, CryptoKey>();
+
+  async get(key: string): Promise<string | undefined> { return this.values.get(key); }
+  async set(key: string, value: string): Promise<void> { this.values.set(key, value); }
+  async delete(key: string): Promise<void> { this.values.delete(key); }
+  async getOrCreateDeviceKey(key: string): Promise<CryptoKey> {
+    let value = this.keys.get(key);
+    if (!value) {
+      value = await crypto.subtle.generateKey({ name: "AES-GCM", length: 256 }, false, ["encrypt", "decrypt"]);
+      this.keys.set(key, value);
+    }
+    return value;
+  }
+  async deleteDeviceKey(key: string): Promise<void> { this.keys.delete(key); }
+}
+
+const session = {
+  everydayPrivateKey: new Uint8Array(32).fill(7),
+  accountId: "account",
+  recoveryPublicKey: "a".repeat(64),
+  activeCredentialEvent: { id: "credential" } as never,
+  activeRecoveryEvent: { id: "recovery" } as never
+};
+
+describe("encrypted session cache", () => {
+  it("restores seamlessly without storing the everyday private key in plaintext", async () => {
+    const store = new TestSessionStore();
+    await saveCachedSession(store, session);
+
+    const raw = store.values.get("bitlogin:session:v1") || "";
+    expect(raw).toContain('"v":2');
+    expect(raw).not.toContain("07070707");
+
+    const restored = await loadCachedSession(store);
+    expect(restored?.everydayPrivateKey).toEqual(session.everydayPrivateKey);
+    expect(restored?.accountId).toBe(session.accountId);
+  });
+
+  it("deletes a legacy plaintext session instead of restoring it", async () => {
+    const store = new TestSessionStore();
+    store.values.set("bitlogin:session:v1", JSON.stringify({
+      everydayPrivateKeyHex: "07".repeat(32), accountId: "account", recoveryPublicKey: "a".repeat(64),
+      activeCredentialEvent: { id: "credential" }, activeRecoveryEvent: { id: "recovery" }
+    }));
+
+    await expect(loadCachedSession(store)).resolves.toBeNull();
+    expect(store.values.has("bitlogin:session:v1")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("clears both encrypted data and its browser-bound key on logout", async () => {
+    const store = new TestSessionStore();
+    await saveCachedSession(store, session);
+    await clearCachedSession(store);
+    expect(store.values.has("bitlogin:session:v1")).toBe(false);
+    expect(store.keys.has("bitlogin:session-device-key:v1")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/widget/src/worker/sessionCache.ts b/packages/widget/src/worker/sessionCache.ts
index 6ba40e0..fed3cd6 100644
--- a/packages/widget/src/worker/sessionCache.ts
+++ b/packages/widget/src/worker/sessionCache.ts
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@
  * isolation, same boundary a NIP-07 extension's own storage already relies
  * on -- one site's cached session is never visible to another.
  *
- * This trades "nothing persists locally" for "the everyday private key sits
- * decrypted in this browser's IndexedDB until logout" -- the same tradeoff
- * every NIP-07 extension and crypto wallet already makes for the same
- * reason. Only the everyday key is cached; the recovery phrase and the
- * login name/password are never retained anywhere.
+ * The session record is AES-GCM encrypted with a non-extractable CryptoKey
+ * retained by IndexedDB. That keeps page-to-page restore seamless while
+ * avoiding a raw everyday private key in application-readable storage. This
+ * is protection at rest, not a substitute for CSP: active same-origin script
+ * can still ask the browser to use the key and must never be untrusted.
  */
 import type { KeyValueStore } from "@bitlogin/core/storage";
 import type { NostrEvent } from "@bitlogin/core/nostr";
-import { bytesToHex, hexToBytes } from "@bitlogin/core/crypto";
 
 const SESSION_KEY = "bitlogin:session:v1";
+const SESSION_DEVICE_KEY = "bitlogin:session-device-key:v1";
 
 export interface CachedSessionData {
   everydayPrivateKey: Uint8Array;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export interface CachedSessionData {
   activeRecoveryEvent: NostrEvent;
 }
 
-interface StoredSession {
+interface PlainSession {
   everydayPrivateKeyHex: string;
   accountId: string;
   recoveryPublicKey: string;
@@ -34,9 +34,49 @@ interface StoredSession {
   activeRecoveryEvent: NostrEvent;
 }
 
-export async function saveCachedSession(store: KeyValueStore, data: CachedSessionData): Promise<void> {
-  const stored: StoredSession = {
-    everydayPrivateKeyHex: bytesToHex(data.everydayPrivateKey),
+interface EncryptedSession {
+  v: 2;
+  iv: string;
+  ciphertext: string;
+}
+
+interface DeviceKeyStore {
+  getOrCreateDeviceKey(key: string): Promise<CryptoKey>;
+  deleteDeviceKey(key: string): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+type SessionStore = KeyValueStore & Partial<DeviceKeyStore>;
+
+function toBase64(bytes: Uint8Array): string {
+  let binary = "";
+  for (const byte of bytes) binary += String.fromCharCode(byte);
+  return btoa(binary);
+}
+
+function fromBase64(value: string): Uint8Array {
+  const binary = atob(value);
+  return Uint8Array.from(binary, (char) => char.charCodeAt(0));
+}
+
+function toArrayBuffer(bytes: Uint8Array): ArrayBuffer {
+  const copy = new Uint8Array(bytes.byteLength);
+  copy.set(bytes);
+  return copy.buffer;
+}
+
+function isEncryptedSession(value: unknown): value is EncryptedSession {
+  return Boolean(
+    value &&
+      typeof value === "object" &&
+      (value as EncryptedSession).v === 2 &&
+      typeof (value as EncryptedSession).iv === "string" &&
+      typeof (value as EncryptedSession).ciphertext === "string"
+  );
+}
+
+export async function saveCachedSession(store: SessionStore, data: CachedSessionData): Promise<void> {
+  const stored: PlainSession = {
+    everydayPrivateKeyHex: Array.from(data.everydayPrivateKey, (byte) => byte.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")).join(""),
     accountId: data.accountId,
     recoveryPublicKey: data.recoveryPublicKey,
     activeCredentialEvent: data.activeCredentialEvent,
@@ -47,13 +87,28 @@ export async function saveCachedSession(store: KeyValueStore, data: CachedSessio
   // triggered this -- it just means the next page load asks for credentials
   // again, exactly like today.
   try {
-    await store.set(SESSION_KEY, JSON.stringify(stored));
+    if (typeof store.getOrCreateDeviceKey !== "function") {
+      // Never retain the legacy plaintext format when secure key storage is
+      // unavailable (for example, an old/private browser implementation).
+      await store.delete(SESSION_KEY);
+      return;
+    }
+    const key = await store.getOrCreateDeviceKey(SESSION_DEVICE_KEY);
+    const iv = crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(12));
+    const plaintext = new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify(stored));
+    const ciphertext = await crypto.subtle.encrypt({ name: "AES-GCM", iv }, key, plaintext);
+    const encrypted: EncryptedSession = {
+      v: 2,
+      iv: toBase64(iv),
+      ciphertext: toBase64(new Uint8Array(ciphertext))
+    };
+    await store.set(SESSION_KEY, JSON.stringify(encrypted));
   } catch {
     // ignore
   }
 }
 
-export async function loadCachedSession(store: KeyValueStore): Promise<CachedSessionData | null> {
+export async function loadCachedSession(store: SessionStore): Promise<CachedSessionData | null> {
   let raw: string | undefined;
   try {
     raw = await store.get(SESSION_KEY);
@@ -62,7 +117,20 @@ export async function loadCachedSession(store: KeyValueStore): Promise<CachedSes
   }
   if (!raw) return null;
   try {
-    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as Partial<StoredSession>;
+    const encrypted = JSON.parse(raw) as unknown;
+    if (!isEncryptedSession(encrypted) || typeof store.getOrCreateDeviceKey !== "function") {
+      // A v1 record contains a plaintext private key. Remove it rather than
+      // silently preserving the insecure cache; the user can sign in once.
+      await store.delete(SESSION_KEY);
+      return null;
+    }
+    const key = await store.getOrCreateDeviceKey(SESSION_DEVICE_KEY);
+    const plaintext = await crypto.subtle.decrypt(
+      { name: "AES-GCM", iv: toArrayBuffer(fromBase64(encrypted.iv)) },
+      key,
+      toArrayBuffer(fromBase64(encrypted.ciphertext))
+    );
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(new TextDecoder().decode(plaintext)) as Partial<PlainSession>;
     if (
       typeof parsed.everydayPrivateKeyHex !== "string" ||
       typeof parsed.accountId !== "string" ||
@@ -73,7 +141,10 @@ export async function loadCachedSession(store: KeyValueStore): Promise<CachedSes
       return null;
     }
     return {
-      everydayPrivateKey: hexToBytes(parsed.everydayPrivateKeyHex),
+      everydayPrivateKey: Uint8Array.from(
+        parsed.everydayPrivateKeyHex.match(/.{1,2}/g) || [],
+        (pair) => Number.parseInt(pair, 16)
+      ),
       accountId: parsed.accountId,
       recoveryPublicKey: parsed.recoveryPublicKey,
       activeCredentialEvent: parsed.activeCredentialEvent,
@@ -85,9 +156,12 @@ export async function loadCachedSession(store: KeyValueStore): Promise<CachedSes
   }
 }
 
-export async function clearCachedSession(store: KeyValueStore): Promise<void> {
+export async function clearCachedSession(store: SessionStore): Promise<void> {
   try {
     await store.delete(SESSION_KEY);
+    if (typeof store.deleteDeviceKey === "function") {
+      await store.deleteDeviceKey(SESSION_DEVICE_KEY);
+    }
   } catch {
     // ignore
   }