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Ask HN: How to secure the clipboard on Linux
- webartifex 6y agoHi HN, I am not a security expert and was wondering how I can secure my (Ubuntu) Linux based system from such an attack? Background: I am using the pass password manager to copy & paste passwords all the time. Now, I am afraid that websites like LinkedIn may have stored my clear-text password. I researched this but only find clipboard managers. No security tools for that. Thanks for any help.
- n-gauge 6y agoYou could run your browser in a vm , and disallow copy / pasting for that in the vm settings.
- OtterGauze 6y agoIf you're using Firefox there is a tweak you can make to not give sites access to your password.[1] Aside from that, try to avoid using auto fill, just copy the username/email and password from your manager directly. [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2014/01/08/block-websites-reading-modifying-clipboard-contents-firefox/ https://www.ghacks.net/2014/01/08/block-websites-reading-mod...
- webartifex 6y agoI am currently also using the passff extension (https://github.com/passff/passff https://github.com/passff/passff). So, you are saying I should better not do that?