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Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys

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Re: Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys

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Post by cycloptic »

Blikkentrekker wrote: post #284
cycloptic wrote: post #283

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Please don't discount yourself like that, by resigning to the usual HN snark. I think you're smart and capable of much more. If there is new, important and relevant information brought to them, they will listen to that. (This applies to most big projects I've seen, not any one in particular. The smaller niche ones that commit to having their small narrow audience are the ones I've seen that tend to be resistant to ne…

I doubt they scan H.N. comments for input or come across them. If I had wanted to reach them, I would certainly do wiser to simply send them a feature requæst bug report.

I am sorry if I'm being pushy, it just gets extremely tiring to see all the same type of comments for years on places like here and on /r/linux. You don't have to listen to me if you don't want, it's just my humble plea.

Re: Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys

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Post by lights0123 »

rand49an wrote: post #106
matsemann wrote: post #88

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Probably just hit enter when the password field was empty. For some reason that bypassed all security on OS X.

You used to be able to just open up recovery mode and reset the password anyway, passwords on OS X used to be a theatre. No idea about it now though.

Still works unless you have FireVault enabled for obvious reasons.

Re: Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys

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Post by Dylan16807 »

inetknght wrote: post #286
Blikkentrekker wrote: post #284

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I doubt they scan H.N. comments for input or come across them. If I had wanted to reach them, I would certainly do wiser to simply send them a feature requæst bug report.

Many developers and executives do participate in social media including Hacker News. I have seen plenty of tech-related fixes and features that come directly from Hacker News comments. In all I think the best feedback I can give you would have been to include a `/s` to indicate sarcasm and jest.

> Many developers and executives do participate in social media including Hacker News. I have seen plenty of tech-related fixes and features that come directly from Hacker News comments.

But the comment wasn't bringing up anything new about GNOME. There is no information someone from GNOME could get from that post, no matter how it was worded. It is not a constructive vs. snark situation.

> In all I think the best feedback I can give you would have been to include a `/s` to indicate sarcasm and jest.

It seems like the same argument would have happened anyway, so eh.

Re: Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys

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Post by Dylan16807 »

datenwolf wrote: post #144
astrange wrote: post #10

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Bad design in X11 which can't be fixed. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25801693

It's not an X11 design flaw. The very concept of locking the screen is flawed. A flaw that also haunts Wayland, BTW. The concept of screen lockers is having a special layer, that can't be bypassed, which a locker creates. The whole security then hinges on the locker not crashing. X11 does have such a layer. Wayland compositors also implement it through such a layer. And for either the situation is, that if the locker…

I agree with your explanation but I would still call that a method of "locking the screen".

Re: Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys

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Post by cycloptic »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #314
inetknght wrote: post #286

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many developers and executives do participate in social media including Hacker News. I have seen plenty of tech-related fixes and features that come directly from Hacker News comments. In all I think the best feedback I can give you would have been to include a `/s` to indicate sarcasm and jest.

> Many developers and executives do participate in social media including Hacker News. I have seen plenty of tech-related fixes and features that come directly from Hacker News comments. But the comment wasn't bringing up anything new about GNOME. There is no information someone from GNOME could get from that post, no matter how it was worded. It is not a constructive vs. snark situation. > In all I think the best fe…

To be clear, my request is to avoid rehashing old arguments that have gone nowhere, and stick to providing new information when we can.

Re: Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys

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Post by wutbrodo »

pfundstein wrote: post #310
wutbrodo wrote: post #277

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I immediately regret this decision Anyway, thanks!

I'm going to guess a shock image like goatse?

Yea nowhere near goatse, just mildly unpleasant. My comment probably overstated my aversion; I just really like that anchorman quote

Re: Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys

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Post by thomasmg »

young_unixer wrote: post #278
dd_roger wrote: post #145

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> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7598463 Wow every new person who joins that thread misses the point more than the previous one. This was painful to read.

genuine question: Is that dialabrain person an Apple employee or just a user?

I was wondering as well. I _think_ he is just a user; an Apple fan ("community"). To some extend Apple employees probably moderate this forum (same as here, or at Stackoverflow.com), but most comments are from the community. I didn't find a way to file a security issue, so I thought I ask a question in this forum, hoping someone can reproduce it, and someone understands this is a security problem, and then forwards the problem to Apple. But that never happened.

Re: Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys

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Post by zimpenfish »

toyg wrote: post #247
nefitty wrote: post #229

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Not to belabor the meta discussion, but your comment sparked a question. If it is how you say, and using a politico-economic lens, I wonder if there has been any discernible shift in commenter attitudes as the demographics have changed. Specifically, if the shift was from entrepreneurs -> skilled wage workers, as you’ve asserted. The interests of the petit bourgeoisie (entrepreneurs, et al), the professional manageme…

This is OT, but I can't resist. I've been around HN since 2011, and tone has definitely shifted in the last 5-6 years. I used to stumble on HN posts that infuriated me relatively often, it was part of the deal (i.e. understanding how the self-appointed entrepreneurial classes actually rationalize certain things). That doesn't really happen anymore. > those overlaps would probably translate to some overarching strains…

> Hardcore libertarian views on HN have been largely quashed into irrelevance

Having seen a few threads recently (notably "Parler off AWS") where those views seemed quite exuberant, I'm not sure they've been quashed; maybe dormant until the right thread comes along?

Re: Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys

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Post by lostlogin »

Alvarito050506 wrote: post #300
HDMI_Cable wrote: post #290

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What's the reason behind JWZ doing that anyways?

Because sometimes he behaves like what's in the image.

Strange to refer to brogrammers and to do this. Pot, kettle, black.
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