A little KDE Discussion

b_zed_image · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 3:07 pm Post subject: A little KDE Discussion

Hey all,

I was reading my latest 'ComputerActive' magazine this morning, and they had a useful little tip for evading keylogging programs. Now, correct me if i'm wrong, but KDE doesn't seem to have an on-screen keyboard.

While the threat of keyloggers isn't _that_ great, some people feel safer entering sensitive details over using an on-screen alternative. Frankly, I am not one of them, but I am one who feels we should take every route possible to ensure that KDE, Gnome and others are of the utmost security.
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Lee

monkey89 · Guru Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 596

If you're computer is compromised enough to allow someone to install a keylogger on your computer, don't you think they'd have a way to get the input from the on screen keyboard? Watching you over VNC, or just opening up a hole in SSH so they can look at files.

-Monkey

b_zed_image · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 4:23 pm Post subject:

Merlin-TC · l33t Joined: 16 May 2003 Posts: 603 Location: Germany

The only place where this could be useful is if you are running an Internet cafe or a place with public computers but even then, when someone wants to log what's happening on the screen you can run something like VNC in the background so I think it's not really useful.