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| author | Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi@gnome.org> | 2020-09-08 23:40:44 +0100 |
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| committer | Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi@gnome.org> | 2020-09-08 23:50:12 +0100 |
| commit | ae97284409d40317c034f683b7b19050a388c2a6 (patch) | |
| tree | 529383788a8704c5688d5935aad22c1fd4dba803 /gtk/gtkpasswordentry.c | |
| parent | 7cda32d49ec6988f0a54d7df82e1f0b91715f6bb (diff) | |
| download | gtk+-ae97284409d40317c034f683b7b19050a388c2a6.tar.gz | |
docs: Add a note on GtkPasswordEntry's secure storage
Diffstat (limited to 'gtk/gtkpasswordentry.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | gtk/gtkpasswordentry.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gtk/gtkpasswordentry.c b/gtk/gtkpasswordentry.c index dfef768135..a9fbd6f30b 100644 --- a/gtk/gtkpasswordentry.c +++ b/gtk/gtkpasswordentry.c @@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ * * #GtkPasswordEntry is entry that has been tailored for entering secrets. * It does not show its contents in clear text, does not allow to copy it - * to the clipboard, and it shows a warning when Caps Lock is engaged. + * to the clipboard, and it shows a warning when Caps Lock is engaged. If + * the underlying platform allows it, GtkPasswordEntry will also place the + * text in a non-pageable memory area, to avoid it being written out to + * disk by the operating system. * * Optionally, it can offer a way to reveal the contents in clear text. * |