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   Grant Taylor to Ahem A Rivet's Shot   
   Re: X11-app after su - leads to DISPLAY    
   09 Dec 23 13:39:16   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.raspberry-pi, alt.os.linux.mageia   
   From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net   
      
   On 12/9/23 12:57, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:   
   > 	Or shut everything else down while doing private stuff. It's hard   
   > to prevent screen scraping and key logging. If someone can get a keylogger   
   > into one account they can probably get it into all accounts.   
      
   Providing any access to an X11 display server is tantamount to a key /   
   screen logger.  It's actually worse than /just/ a logger in that it can   
   be a writer too.   
      
      
      
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