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Bypass Ubuntu login screen by holding Enter for 30 seconds

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Seems like a pretty big security hole
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/384036,simple-ubuntu-1404-lock-screen-bypass-discovered.aspx
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facepalm

And people always wonder why we don't look at Ubuntu as serious competition for CentOS and OpenSuse.
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Nic
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I wonder if it was found by the same five year old who found the Xbox bug
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@Nic said:

I wonder if it was found by the same five year old who found the Xbox bug

I was totally thinking that too.
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