kscreensaver includes insecure screensavers
Bug #348020 reported by
auspex
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| kdeartwork (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: kscreensaver
Ubuntu 8.04, kscreensaver 4:3.5.10-
The kscreensavers package installs screensavers that hide the desktop, or just transform portions of it (e.g. "Science"). This is insecure, as in many facilities a screensaver is specifically intended to ensure sensitive data is not left displayed on a person's workstation. It would be nice to split out those screensavers that actually hide the screen from those that play with it.
Revision history for this message
| Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote | #1 |
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| status: | New → Invalid |
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If the settings were set to "random" by default then maybe this would be a good idea. But as it stands, one one have to manually set an insecure screensaver.