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How to install Linux on a Chromebook (and why you should)
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Comments (2)
The OP article is a little confusing I guess...
The security v. privacy shadow article within the "How-to" article really only applies to Chromebooks in particular.
>"...someone can switch to VT2, log in as root and add a keylogger..."
On vanilla GNU/Linux keystrokes are visible in all VTs. This is not new or news:
https://linux.die.net/man/1/conspy
>So Linux in chroot is dangerous...
chroot is good but not very secure.
The security v. privacy shadow article within the "How-to" article really only applies to Chromebooks in particular.
>"...someone can switch to VT2, log in as root and add a keylogger..."
On vanilla GNU/Linux keystrokes are visible in all VTs. This is not new or news:
https://linux.die.net/man/1/conspy
>So Linux in chroot is dangerous...
chroot is good but not very secure.
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"Chromebooks are one of the most secure devices ... a privacy trade off: ... trust Google, ...NSA's Prism programme..."
He then cites Crouton's maintainer :
"...someone can switch to VT2, log in as root and add a keylogger..."
So however, the end user is programmed to be a loser. After all, are not OSx, Android, ChromeOS, Win10 with Cortana potential universal keyloggers ? The more so, without physical access. So Linux in chroot is dangerous ? No.