Steemconnect needs the active key the first time to attach a posting authority for whichever app you are using (eg. steempeak) to your account on the blockchain. Once that is done, all references to your active key are removed from steemconnect (and the app never sees your active (or any other) key). To be clear, this isn't a steemconnect thing. It's a requirement by the blockchain protocol.
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