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## Warning - Please read before proceeding
Running *chaos* is a **potentially destructive** action, and it can cause irreversible damage when important text (say a password, or a cryptographic key) is copied to clipboard without any visible indication that the text was modified. I wrote it as a proof-of-concept tool to show how easy it is for a rogue program to manipulate your system clipboard (after reading about a malicious [clipboard hijacker discovered in PyPI](https://medium.com/@bertusk/crydataptocurrency-clipboard-hijacker-discovered-in-pypi-repository-b66b8a534a8)), as well as a tool which can be used to play practical jokes on people, if that's your thing.
Running *chaos* is a **potentially destructive** action, and it can cause irreversible damage when important text (say a password, or a cryptographic key) is copied to clipboard without any visible indication that the text was modified.
It is not recommended to leave *chaos* running on a system for an extended period of time. Please use it judiciously, if you decide to do so.
I wrote it as a proof-of-concept tool to show how easy it is for a rogue program to manipulate your system clipboard (after reading about a malicious [clipboard hijacker discovered in PyPI](https://medium.com/@bertusk/crydataptocurrency-clipboard-hijacker-discovered-in-pypi-repository-b66b8a534a8)), as well as a tool which can be used to play practical jokes on people, if that's your thing.
As its name signifies, it is an agent of chaos. Please use it judiciously, if you decide to do so.
## Installation