From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <cmbrannon79@gmail.com>
Received: from mail-fx0-f227.google.com (mail-fx0-f227.google.com
	[209.85.220.227])
	by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C7CF10A0A
	for <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:11:35 -0400 (EDT)
Received: by fxm27 with SMTP id 27so6895731fxm.17
	for <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:11:34 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma;
	h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:from:to:subject
	:in-reply-to:references:comments:date;
	bh=AwVA9m2YRDHigov7+1rvwfI9hpIfXF+RasjM/jhK/XA=;
	b=RO+kZfJYsqszG91TL3hf3a32FTH7l8OlDVKhgKxIFWBfxCcjKGrKl3zTz4EC7Li8xR
	2hfH/ATnFrTo+RJfiwVLTyZy8j2FvSsKiG4d3XeuldKU2W7d1UB/j2G/8pHHYBVBfGni
	lOSfXWth8f78cm0Sj7naFSt9h8ABsWmIDZNrQ=
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma;
	h=message-id:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:comments:date;
	b=pN8ACUofLcGItH1pbzfIhVfDKP5Pull/3VGGUBOTfaul/ZvCNyZi6N0NInSub84vfx
	h0NdzI/776lfYD5StOy3LPHWk50/G3U6DPc3N9WPpay0D4WjoCWpI9FY+YXM1FVCDlj9
	c7teLJP6DCQcR8DMsD3D+YgxsIdk6wPKTYl18=
Received: by 10.204.32.16 with SMTP id a16mr3264391bkd.190.1256083894611;
	Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:11:34 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from localhost (ip24-253-221-18.ok.ok.cox.net [24.253.221.18])
	by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 14sm111914bwz.1.2009.10.20.17.11.33
	(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5);
	Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:11:34 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <4ade51b6.0e1abc0a.1440.0e77@mx.google.com>
From: Chris Brannon <cmbrannon79@gmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: clipboard integration -- possible security implications
In-reply-to: <8802DB6F4ABB4864B3564E1B8FEEBACB@AVERATECLAPTOP>
References: <20091020210034.GB32242@linux1> <20091020211928.GA16225@blackbird>
	<8802DB6F4ABB4864B3564E1B8FEEBACB@AVERATECLAPTOP>
Comments: In-reply-to "Glenn Ervin" <GlennErvin@cableone.net>
	message dated "Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:44:25 -0500."
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:11:35 -0500
X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12
Precedence: list
Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
	<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
	<speakup.braille.uwo.ca>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/options/speakup>,
	<mailto:speakup-request@braille.uwo.ca?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/pipermail/speakup>
List-Post: <mailto:speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
List-Help: <mailto:speakup-request@braille.uwo.ca?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup>,
	<mailto:speakup-request@braille.uwo.ca?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:11:36 -0000

Glenn Erving wrote:
> I have always heard that there is some windows spyware which can hack one's 
> clipboard and highjack the data.
> For this possibility, I always, after copying my credit card number to be 
> pasted in on a web page, I copy some other text to over-write the credit 
> card number.

It's only tangentially related, but I probably wouldn't copy my credit
card number to a clipboard.  Not safe at all.  I can rattle it off from
memory, along with my SSN, bank routing number, checking account number,
sundry passwords, and other confidential miscellanea.

-- Chris