| 2014-04-11 07:50:56 |
Morten Kristiansen |
description |
Sometimes when trying to login on the unity-greeter the keyboard input does not end up in the password field.
My workaround has been to activate sleep, and then turn the computer back on; then the keyboard input ends up in the greeter.
The reason why this is a security issue:
After the workaround and logging in keyboard input is present in the program I have running e.g. intellij.
In ther words, my password is there in cleartext on screen.
Had that been a chat client I would send my password to the other party. |
Sometimes when trying to login on the unity-greeter the keyboard input does not end up in the password field.
My workaround has been to activate sleep, and then turn the computer back on; then the keyboard input ends up in the greeter.
The reason why this is a security issue:
After the workaround and logging in keyboard input is present in the program I have running e.g. intellij.
In ther words, my password is there in cleartext on screen.
Had that been a chat client I would have sent my password to the other party. |
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