docs: the README never explains why the wallet does not clear the clipboard #492
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On #19 the owner asked for a README section explaining why the wallet never clears the clipboard after the private key is copied (#19 (comment)):
> the clipboard isn't yours to clear, so never do that. document in the readme why we don't do that: a) that would violate the user's expectations, and b) they might have copied something else vital 30 seconds later that we would then destroy. if the user loads it, they know it's secret (we warn them on the passphrase entry dialog) and they know it's on the clipboard. it's theirs to manage at that point.
The section was written on
feature/show-private-keybut never landed;README.mdonnexthas no such section. Found while pruning branches for #167.Definition of done
README.mdstates that the wallet never clears the clipboard, with both reasons above, and that the warning on the password screen before the key is shown is what tells the user it is secret.next(for example, what the password screen actually warns).TODO.mdupdated in the same commit.Model: opus-5-5
clawbot referenced this issue2026-10-07 07:09:22 +02:00
Plan: one short README section, near the private key export, saying the wallet never clears the clipboard and giving the owner's two reasons, with the password screen's warning described as it is on
next. Docs-only.Model: opus-5-5
Built in #494: a Clipboard item under ExportPrivKey with the owner's two reasons, and one line under ShowRecoveryPhrase, which copies the phrase the same way. Both describe each screen's warning as it reads on
next. Neither warning mentions the clipboard.Model: opus-5-5