Read secret environment variables once per command, then unset them (closes #60)
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init and vault create put the mnemonic into the process environment for
vault.CreateVault to read back, so every program they ran, gpg included,
inherited it, and SB_SECRET_MNEMONIC and SB_UNLOCK_PASSPHRASE were read
at 13 places and never unset. Each command that may need them now reads
both once, in its RunE, into locked buffers on the CLI Instance, and
unsets them at once. The buffers are passed down: vault.CreateVault
takes the mnemonic, a Vault carries Mnemonic and UnlockPassphrase, and
the PGP, keychain and Secure Enclave unlocker constructors take both.
Nothing below the command reads the environment. README warns against
both variables.

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- `SB_UNLOCK_PASSPHRASE`: Pre-set unlock passphrase (avoids interactive prompt)
- `SB_GPG_KEY_ID`: GPG key ID for PGP unlockers
**Warning:** `SB_SECRET_MNEMONIC` and `SB_UNLOCK_PASSPHRASE` expose the secret
they hold. Other processes running as the same user can read a process's
environment (on Linux, from `/proc/<pid>/environ`). Every child process of the
shell or script that sets them inherits them, `gpg` included. Set on a command
line or in a CI job, they end up in shell history and CI logs. `secret` unsets
each one as soon as it has read it, so that the programs it runs itself, such
as `gpg`, do not inherit it, but that erases nothing: the environment the
process started with, and its memory, still hold the value. The interactive
prompt, used when the variable is not set, is the safer default.
## Security Features
### Encryption