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aussieguy1234
6 months ago
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Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years?
I switched to wayland mainly because screen lock on X11 is not possible to do securely. If some way is found to crash the big screen lock window in X11, the attacker gets access.
queuebert
6 months ago
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Why not use a third-party locker, like the suckless one?
https://tools.suckless.org/slock/
PunchyHamster
6 months ago
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well if some way is found to crash wayland the attacker also gets access...
hparadiz
6 months ago
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You'll get thrown to a tty login prompt.
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