Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal

Re:Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal by smoldesu on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:34PM (#27281444)

So wait a second, the text I type into the terminal never leaves my device, but the commands I invoke do? What's the difference?

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Re:Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal by rabidrat on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @04:26PM (#27282149)

Yeah just don't accidentally paste your password into a terminal and press Enter.

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Re:Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal by sidlls on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @07:21PM (#27284062)

I don't know if that's a fair reading of the functionality. It seems likely your mistakenly pasted password will generate an autocomplete and the (mis-)matched "spec" command will be sent as the telemetry, e.g., pasting "gi)#(RCS23!_)(U" into your terminal might result in "git" telemetry, not the password itself.

It's one of those things that is just trivial to introduce breaking changes to, though, intentionally or otherwise. And as-is the functionality does share what amounts to the terminal activity in normal cases.

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