I'll second that. The moment after I have pasted the password I'm done with pass and don't want it fiddling with anything outside of its scope.
Philip On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 6:46 AM, Brian Shore <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Josh Cartwright <[email protected]> > wrote: > > In the clipboard case, I think pass shouldn't be in the business of > > saving/restoring data, instead it should just clear the clipboard after > > a timeout. (As was suggested in a previous thread). Then the whole > > base64 nonsense can be dropped entirely. > > What happens if the user copies something else to the clipboard a few > seconds before pass blanks it? Copying something non-sensitive and > having that data mysteriously disappear from the clipboard is > counter-intuitive and gets in the way. > > I think checking the clipboard content before blanking is still a good > thing to do. Blanking if it's still the password is fine, but > destroying new data is not. > > > > -- > Brian Shore > Senior Systems Engineer, Security Architect > Network Redux, LLC > 5200 SW Macadam Ave Ste 450 > Portland, Oregon 97239 > Desk: 503-274-9905 x503 > _______________________________________________ > Password-Store mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store > -- Philip Chase * 352-575-0705 * Gainesville, FL
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