From 87dfbca952f505164d00556f04ace5e663f49ad6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcin Kulik Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 08:41:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Describe password recording situation in FAQ --- app/views/docs/faq.html.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/app/views/docs/faq.html.md b/app/views/docs/faq.html.md index f4ddf61..8202488 100644 --- a/app/views/docs/faq.html.md +++ b/app/views/docs/faq.html.md @@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ _[as-kee-nuh-muh]_. The word “asciinema” is a combination of English “ASCII” and Ancient Greek “κίνημα” (kínēma, “movement”). +## Does it record the passwords I type during recording? + +asciinema records only terminal output - everything that you can actually see +in a terminal window. It doesn't record input (keys pressed). Some +applications turn off "echo mode" when asking for a password, and because +the passwords are not visible they are not recorded. Some applications +display star characters instead of real characters and asciinema records +only "******". However, some applications don't have any precautions and +the actual password is visible to the user, and thus recorded by asciinema. + ## Can I embed the asciicast player on my blog? Yes, see [embedding docs](<%= docs_path(:embedding) %>).