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Any program using X can see the keystrokes entered into any other program using X. This has been bothering people for many years, especially those who have to u
by swebs 7y ago
Any program using X can see the keystrokes entered into any other program using X. This has been bothering people for many years, especially those who have to use untrusted proprietary applications for work reasons. Wayland doesn't have this issue.
- michaelmrose 7y agoIf you have an app that is literally attacking you then you are probably compromised. Even with wayland technology to contain hostile apps is grossly insufficient for the use case. I would be surprised if this weren't as true in 2030 as it is in 2020. The OS with the best isolation primitives is probably Solaris. It would be hilarious if 2020 Solaris was still better than 2020 Linux.
- dralley 7y agoDefense in depth.
- swebs 7y ago>If you have an app that is literally attacking you then you are probably compromised Sure, if your adversary is some literal hacker. But you also have to worry about legit companies that use aggressive "analytics". VSCode most likely logs keystrokes. It would suck if it also logs keystrokes that you type into other applications.
- ficklepickle 7y agoVSCodium is great. It has all the MS junk removed. https://vscodium.com/ https://vscodium.com/ Your point still stands, though.