[GRLUG] Paranoid!

[Michael Mol]

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:
> I found some of this information pretty interesting. I had no idea any
> X program running as the same user could sniff all of the keystrokes.
> https://grepular.com/Protecting_Your_GNU_Linux_System_from_Dropbox

This is how your window manager is able to respond to keyboard
shortcuts for things like minimizing or maximizing windows, or
bringing up an application window. Etc. It's also why you have
'secure' and 'nonsecure' X sessions. Check out the difference between
the -X and -Y flags in ssh.

Also, try the 'xev' command. http://www.xfree86.org/current/xev.1.html


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