diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0ce49d1..940aa93 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ Click [here](https://vimeo.com/306616721) for a small demo showing what happens ## 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