From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: eww Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 17:17:07 +0200 Message-ID: <87ip0n1zws.fsf@building.gnus.org> References: <87d2rkb1pi.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <87fvwfa3ev.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <874ncucrlz@ch.ristopher.com> <87haginubh.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1373123859 31202 80.91.229.3 (6 Jul 2013 15:17:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 15:17:39 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 06 17:17:41 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UvUF0-0005Mq-4F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2013 17:17:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54082 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UvUEz-0008DB-MJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2013 11:17:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34622) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UvUEu-0008CV-Qc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2013 11:17:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UvUEr-00070r-LG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2013 11:17:32 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:43225) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UvUEr-00070k-E6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2013 11:17:29 -0400 Original-Received: from 46.157.223.218.tmi.telenormobil.no ([46.157.223.218] helo=building.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UvUEg-0001ey-TX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Jul 2013 17:17:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87haginubh.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:12:02 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1UvUEg-0001ey-TX MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1373728639.23168@4pKFCZS+2Xtf/2KMY1JZnQ X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.224.195 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:161656 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > This seems like a sensible use case for an opaque data type (as I've > proposed before) that offers some guarantees that it's stored and wiped > in a more secure manner than the default. Yes, I think the eww history would be an excellent place to use an opaque data type. That way passwords and the like won't possibly be accidentally displayed when dumping variables in bug reports and the like, for instance. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/