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Re: More security for screensavers



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In message <[🔎] 3C330809.D057F97B@rd.francetelecom.com>, =3D?iso-8859-1?Q?Ben=
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Sibaud writes:
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't see any "security level
>configuration" for both xscreensaver or xlockmore. What I mean is a way
>to choose something like a class of screensavers, like 'secure' or 'fun'=

>or both: all screensavers save the screen, but they don't all protect
>privacy; some screensavers (like Spotlight or Jigsaw for example) don't
>fully hide the desktop; some others like Bomb (which really disconnect
>the user at the end of the countdown) are 'dangerous' in a corporate
>environment.

Xscreensaver has options that let you prevent screensavers from grabbing =

desktop images.  If you run xscreensaver-demo, it's in the options tab.  =


=46rom my brief look, none of the xlockmore modes grab the screen.

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