Comments on: spaces + logitech mouse security hole

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:44:22 +0000

Preston, using SHIFT doesn’t seem to effect spaces while the computer is locked. However, check out the updates to the post to see how else you can interact with the applications using this exploit.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:47:55 +0000

Good question Preston. I’ll give it a shot tomorrow (only have this setup at work).

By: Preston Lee

Preston Lee — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:32:56 +0000

Grrrr…. the blog stripped out some text. Should read..

“If you hold SHIFT when using Expose via the mouse, do the windows move slower?”

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Logitech MX Revolution Security Flaw | The Official OpenRain Blog — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:31:48 +0000

[...] Ben found a big security issue today with the Logitech MX Revolution on OS X, basically making it possible to read the contents of a screen supposedly hidden by a password-protected screen saver. Great find, Ben! [...]

By: Preston Lee

Preston Lee — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:29:22 +0000

Ben,

If you hold when using Expose via the mouse, do the windows move slower? (Invoking Expose while holding shift normally renders the animation in slow motion.)

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:10:20 +0000

It’s funny, you CAN sort of interact with the windows. You can drag apps between the spaces. So you could mess with someone by dragging all of their apps on one space

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:07:27 +0000

Wow. Good find! I’m going to have to pass this around.

Luckily, it doesn’t look like you can interact with the windows.

Prank: Activate spaces and select one of the other desktops, where you get a blank screen and no log-in window.