On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 17:28, Dylan McCall <[email protected]> wrote: > Something quick that occurs to me is that the password > dialog could show a personal message > or a picture that only PolicyKit or gksudo has access to.
THANK YOU for putting a dot to this hairy topic! i hope the security team is aware of leapholes opening in the UI, and will suggest some stuff in detail. > Really, what this is about is "don't tell your password to strange > programs;" we need to help the user identify strange programs and > understand the risk. yes very much so. Linux is strong, my main argument to those interested: no viruses, no perfomance loss through firewalls and scanners. we ought to keep it that way! _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
