The Disappearing Desktop - It's Real This Time

[xavier.bury at clearstream.com]

use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com wrote on 18/11/2005 12:06:40:

> On 17 Nov 2005, at 00:52, Alex Tweedly wrote:
> 
> > I have good confidence in the sanctity of my laptop, so I'm happy 
> > to use it, even over public wifi access, because all the traffic is 
> > ssh-secured end-to-end. But using a web cafe, or kiosk, public 
> > Internet access at a library, etc. all put me at risk; the 
> > encryption happens *after* the data is out of my control. I can't 
> > be sure there isn't a keylogger or similar there grabbing my password.
> >
> > [ I'm hoping someone will describe a secure way around this problem. ]
> 

Alex,

keyloggers can be fooled easily via copy-paste, or drag and drop... Use 
the keycaps to click-type your pword for example... There's plenty of 
ways ;) 

cheers
Xavier


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