Shell script that prompts for input and immediately discards it

shhhh

#!/bin/sh

bsdl='
Copyright (c) 2018, [email protected]
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
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   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
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DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
'

thank_you() {
  # be gracious
  printf %b "\033c"
  echo Don\'t worry.
  echo This is between you and nobody.
  exit
}

trap thank_you INT

printf %b "\033c"
while [ whatever ]; do
  echo Please, say whatever you want.  Nobody will know.
  echo Just send SIGINT when you\'ve gotten it all out.
  read _secret
  _secret=""
  printf %b "\033c"
done

Just a quick and dirty aid for when there's just no other outlet...

change some echos to printf %b because of INCORRECT posix mode echo implementation on some BASH4 builds, MKSH, and Mac KSH (but suprisingly, NOT bash3 on Mac)
ugh...