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e3k Guru
Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 513 Location: Inner Space
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:55 pm Post subject: keylogger precautions |
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for daily use in X environment i have a user which is not in the wheel group.
when i need root i press ctrl-alt-f1 to get into the terminal.
is this safe? couldnt be ctrl-alt-f1 intercepted and a fake text terminal displayed? _________________
Flux & Contemplation - Portrait of an Artist in Isolation
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defer- Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 140 Location: Finland
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Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Yes its completely safe. The virtual console cant be intercepted, at least not without root access to your system. _________________ https://github.com/defer- |
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