Re: [dev] [SLOCK] is not safe

From: Rob <robpilling_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:51:26 +0000

> Hi,
>
> I'm using slock and i am suprised to realize that is not safe at all!
>
> I launched slock in my DWM session. I just have to press CTRL+ALT+F1
> and press CTRL+z (to send startx in background an get the hand on the
> shell) and type "killall slock" to unlock the session...
>

It's incredibly difficult to stop someone with physical access to your
computer accessing your data anyway, unless you have some crazy root
encryption or whatever - look up sysrq.
Received on Sun Jan 17 2010 - 15:51:26 UTC

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