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Re:The Linux Security Circus: On GUI isolation by okasaki on Friday April 18, 2014 @01:36AM (#7608063)
People bring this up sometimes, but I've never heard of this being used in any real attack/malware. It appears to be a purely theoretical threat.
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Re:The Linux Security Circus: On GUI isolation by politician on Friday April 18, 2014 @02:14AM (#7608144)
Broad-spectrum attacks on our global information infrastructure appeared to be purely theoretical until Snowden published.
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Re:The Linux Security Circus: On GUI isolation by okasaki on Friday April 18, 2014 @03:46AM (#7608339)
What are you referring to?
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Re:The Linux Security Circus: On GUI isolation by pekk on Friday April 18, 2014 @05:39AM (#7608576)
It's an obvious reference to NSA's programs for intercepting various information
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Re:The Linux Security Circus: On GUI isolation by leni536 on Friday April 18, 2014 @07:00AM (#7608734)
http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20040705.html

This is why ssh X forwarding disabled by default.

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