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From: "Glenn Ervin" <GlennErvin@cableone.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: clipboard integration -- possible security implications
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:44:25 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8802DB6F4ABB4864B3564E1B8FEEBACB@AVERATECLAPTOP> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091020211928.GA16225@blackbird>

I have always heard that there is some windows spyware which can hack one's 
clipboard and highjack the data.
For this possibility, I always, after copying my credit card number to be 
pasted in on a web page, I copy some other text to over-write the credit 
card number.
Glenn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zachary Kline" <kline.zachary@gmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: clipboard integration -- possible security implications


Hi William,
I can understand the security implications as you outline them.
Personally, whatever I've needed to copy from a text console has been
easy enough to handle via xclip.  I certainly don't need to do this sort
of thing every day.  It almost seems to me to be more trouble than it's
worth.
Maybe someone with a more frequent need for this sort of integration
could give us a different perspective?
Best,
Zack.
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Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 William Hubbs
 ` Zachary Kline
   ` Glenn Ervin [this message]
     ` Chris Brannon
 ` Tony Baechler
   ` William Hubbs
     ` Gregory Nowak
       ` Jason White
     ` Tony Baechler
       ` William Hubbs
         ` Tony Baechler
           ` Chris Brannon
             ` Gaijin
               ` Chris Brannon
               ` Tony Baechler
             ` William Hubbs
             ` Tony Baechler
               ` Chris Brannon
                 ` Steve Holmes
                   ` Tony Baechler

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