Bug 71673

Summary:	Menu bar and system tray notifications are visible through the screen saver.
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kdelibs	Reporter:	Dominique Devriese <devriese>
Component:	knotify	Assignee:	Carsten Pfeiffer <pfeiffer>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Dominique Devriese 2004-01-02 14:17:20 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1.4)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

Hi,

This is a forward of the following Debian bug report:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=225868

Some applications that operate in the system tray and produce notifications
there, such as Noatun and Kopete. When kscreensaver is active, these notifications
are visible through the screen saver. If kscreensaver is being used to lock the
screen, this is a security compromise -- someone could, for instance, find out
who is messaging me with Kopete by looking at my locked display (since the message
bubble is visible even though the screen is locked).

Additionally, the menu bar at the top of the screen (if activated with
'Desktop -> Behavior -> Enable desktop menu' in the KDE Control Center) is briefly
visible through the screen saver when the mouse is moved or a key pressed to bring
up the password prompt.

cheers
domi

Comment 1 Lubos Lunak 2004-01-06 14:07:00 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 62713 ***