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"I ought to at least find a better way than the clipboard, to transfer passwords from the manager app to the browser etc..." With X selection buffers, when you
by dllthomas 11y ago
"I ought to at least find a better way than the clipboard, to transfer passwords from the manager app to the browser etc..."
With X selection buffers, when you're pasting data the X application you're pasting from gets to run arbitrary code (informed of the destination!) to determine what to send. I've been wanting a password manager that asks me for verification before transferring the data.
- anon4 11y agoDon't forget that your clipboard manager also stores the last N things you copied in your clipboard history. I won't lie, it is very convenient for passwords I need to type frequently while sitting on a machine I trust, that doesn't run any remote logging applications and that locks when I'm not there, but it's still obviously a security issue.
- dllthomas 11y agoA clipboard manager, if you have one, is a separate X application. The password manager could deny it access, if that's what you'd prefer.
- dangerlibrary 11y agoKeepass, at least, clears the password from the clipboard with a short timeout (default is 10s or so).