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authorSilvio Rhatto <rhatto@riseup.net>2014-08-13 13:04:17 -0300
committerSilvio Rhatto <rhatto@riseup.net>2014-08-13 13:04:17 -0300
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@@ -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.