add note on winregistry kwarg

keygen-sh · Oct 6, 2023 · 288d0d6 · 288d0d6
1 parent ad809a6
commit 288d0d6
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 0 deletions.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ print(machineid.hashed_id('myappid'))
 print(machineid.hashed_id())
 ```
 
+Both `id` and `hashed_id` accept a `winregistry: bool` kwarg, which
+can be used to disable a registry query on Windows (enabled by
+default). Depending on your security posture, disabling the
+registry query may help prevent machine fingerprints from
+being manually modified by a bad actor.
+
 ## Testing
 
 To run tests, invoke `unittest`: