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 This is a simple implementation of a Vue client to our [custom Guacamole Client in Go](https://github.com/wwt/guac).
 
+This implementation passes passwords over in plaintext. It's not recommended to run this way in production. This is for demoing purposes only.
 
 ## demo
 ![Demo](/demo.gif?raw=true "Demo")