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Linux Zoom client proactively reading everything written to X11 clipboard


I noticed today that an update to the #Linux #Zoom client has made it start proactively reading _everything_ written to the X11 clipboard. If you keep interesting secrets in your clipboard – particularly, if a password manager uses it as a means of getting the password to where it needs to be – this might be a thing you need to know about!

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