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diff --git a/etc/NEWS.26 b/etc/NEWS.26 index 692c28a7210..55385f59a80 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS.26 +++ b/etc/NEWS.26 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end of the file for license conditions. Please send Emacs bug reports to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. @@ -1502,6 +1502,15 @@ supported by the upstream project. To adapt to the change, you may need to set 'epa-pinentry-mode' to the symbol 'loopback'. +Note that previously, it was said that passphrase input through +minibuffer would be much less secure than other graphical pinentry +programs. However, these days the difference is insignificant: the +'read-password' function sufficiently protects input from leakage to +message logs. Emacs still doesn't use secure memory to protect +passphrases, but it was also removed from other pinentry programs as +the attack is unrealistic on modern computer systems which don't +utilize swap memory usually. + * Lisp Changes in Emacs 26.1 |