[Discuss] Future of X11 (was Trying to connect to internet in Debian)

Kent Borg kentborg at borg.org
Sun Jan 18 20:07:41 EST 2026


On 1/18/26 12:58 PM, Ron wrote:
> 3) X is a security nightmare, where all applications can see all 
> inputs to all other applications, something that would be 
> astonishingly insecure 20+ years ago

Ouch, yes, I've heard that.

Question: Does it matter where the applications are running? 
Specifically, can two remote windows coming from different clients (to 
use the odd X sense of the term) on different machines, see each other's 
activities on the same physical server (to again use the odd backwards 
sense)?

Thanks,

-kb





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