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Screensaver Warning



To anyone who is using Linux in a "sensitive" environment, and who use
the xscreensaver, I would strongly suggest that they disable the
programme webcollage to avoid embarrasment.

I have just returned to my office to find an extremely graphic
picture on my screen. Fortunately there was no-one else with me, or I
might have had some difficult explaining to do.

The webcollage screensaver programme was included in the list of
options by default when I installed xscreensaver. It wanders the web
at random hunting pictures which it then displays on the screen. In
this case it had obviously wandered into a hardcore porn site.

As I am one of the system administrators who have to !discourage! our
students from visiting such sites I have rapidly switched this one
off.

I suppose that this means that some folk will just switch off all the
other screensaver programmes and wait to see what turns up. Ho Hum.

Dave 
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E-Mail: Dave Whiteley <d.l.whiteley@ee.leeds.ac.uk>
Date: 28-Mar-2000
Time: 13:21:16

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