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Also, you can bypass screen lock in Ubuntu by removing the HDD [1]. The bug still is not fixed. [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/177741

• laumars 8y ago
  Honestly, I wouldn’t but that in the same class if bugs as those that preceded it because if the attacker he removed the HDD he will have access to your contents anyway (unless the HDD is encrypted) and it’s not a quick and convenient process either (unlike tapping backspace multiple times). That said, I also don’t agree that this bug should never get fixed either.
  • nurettin 8y ago
    This is a very naive estimation of what might happen when someone has access to all your running software. Since it is linux, it loads executables into memory and is able to run them even when they are deleted along with runtime dependencies. Anything that caches anything to anywhere other than disk will be accessible. Your memcache, your redis, some databases, keychains, your non-userdata browser sessions.
    • laumars 8y ago
      I'm aware of that but it's a moot point because you'd be popping the storage device back in anyway. Which is why I didn't address that in my previous comment. In any case, half the examples you've provided there are server specific and you really shouldn't be allowing untrusted physical access to your servers (nor running Xorg to be honest).
      • nurettin 8y ago
        While I do agree, a lot of ideas here are still laden with hindsight.
• Jonnax 8y ago
  That's a bug in Unity. They dropped their own desktop environment in 18.04 for GNOME. So it's likely it won't ever be fixed.