From: Silvio Rhatto <rhatto@riseup.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:04:17 +0000 (-0300)
Subject: Limitations: clipboard and stdout
X-Git-Tag: 0.3.7^2~11
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.fluxo.info/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e8de5a2de78432768b623ea77c620a3a179a7b5f;p=keyringer.git

Limitations: clipboard and stdout
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diff --git a/share/man/keyringer.1.mdwn b/share/man/keyringer.1.mdwn
index 407baaa..cb0c6ba 100644
--- a/share/man/keyringer.1.mdwn
+++ b/share/man/keyringer.1.mdwn
@@ -284,6 +284,13 @@ Keyringer currently has the following limitations:
    so be careful when decrypting secrets and writing them to the disk or
    other storage media.
 
+   Pay special attention that keyringer outputs data to stdout, which could
+   be easilly spotted by any agent looking directly at you computer screen.
+
+   The xclip action even copies secret data to the X11 clipboard, which can
+   be accessed by any application running in the user's X11 session, so use
+   this feature carefully.
+
 # SEE ALSO
 
 The *README* file distributed with Keyringer contains full documentation.