[tor-talk] TBB as user debian-tor

Julian Yon julian at yon.org.uk
Thu Oct 13 21:36:33 UTC 2011


On 13/10/11 20:49, sigi wrote:
> Now it is possible to launch TBB as user debian-tor with the command: 
> xhost + & sudo -u debian-tor /tor-browser_en-US/start-tor-browser

Eek. "xhost +" pretty much leaves you wide open. Anything that can
connect to your X server is a threat. Unless you don't mind the world
reading your clipboard or watching your mouse pointer...


Julian

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