linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver
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The Cinnamon screen locker and screensaver program
13 mentions on Hacker News by 13 people: 3 stories, 10 comments · first 2021-01-16 · latest 2025-03-20
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And more! https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758032 https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354
comment by esdf · 2025-03-20 · in Leaking Passwords and more on macOS -
…kid who discovered he could bypass the mint screensaver by smashing random keys on the keyboard ( https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354 ). The list of these types of cheap attacks are throughout history.
comment by thewanderer1983 · 2024-09-19 · in Is Tor still safe to use? -
I misremembered some detail, it was this one about the cinnamon desktop and its cinnamon-screensaver: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354 Regarding the "screensaver as lock screen", there is also this interesting…
comment by moritzwarhier · 2023-12-09 · in Simultaneous cat and external keyboard input causing kernel panic (2011) -
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Screensaver lock by-pass via the virtual keyboard (2020)story by justin_ · 2022-11-10 · 0 comments
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…net.com/article/linux-mint-fixes-screensaver-b... - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25712 - https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354 Is there another bug that is long-standing and have not yet been fixed?
comment by chockchocschoir · 2022-03-20 · in Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 is here -
…any way to crash xscreensaver, that is a potential security issue... This has happened before: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354
comment by justinjlynn · 2021-05-23 · in Wayland: “Move fast and break things” as a moral imperative -
You'd be better off reading the response here: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354...
comment by chris_wot · 2021-01-21 · in Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys -
…it does contain xscreensaver code written by jwz ... and with a copyright changed from BSD to GPL - https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/blob/maste... . The commit is at https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/commit/…
comment by eesmith · 2021-01-20 · in Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys -
…bypass the screen locker. That is an option Linux Mint is considering[0] among other options. [0]: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354...
comment by noisy_boy · 2021-01-20 · in Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys -
…it and posted a response in the GitHub issue. I encourage everyone to read their side of the issue: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354...
comment by Qub3d · 2021-01-20 · in Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys -
Replies from Linux Mint contributors to this point make for fairly interesting reading: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354... > I would gladly meet the liar for a cage fight, winner takes all.
comment by opheliate · 2021-01-20 · in Jwz: I told you so, 2021 edition -
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Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keysstory by subins2000 · 2021-01-20 · 329 comments
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Screensaver lock by-pass via the virtual keyboardstory by sparkling · 2021-01-16 · 1 comment