Re: [tlug] webmail password protection?

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

On 25/01/06, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:

> X11 transmits all of these as events, so anybody with access to the X
> stream can see them.  You lose, unless the machine is running, say,
> Windows so there are no X events.  I don't think Mac OS or Windows
> have such event streams, but who knows.

I am pretty sure Windows does, because WinAMP lets you define global
hotkeys, and I cannot think of how else they could work.

In any case, like I said, if the confidential data ever enters memory,
a dedicated attacker can get at it. The ease of access is the only
question.

-Josh