Security hack, sort of...

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 04:19:02PM -0500, Colin McGregor wrote:
> Here is something that is not directly Linux related, but is IT security
> related. What happens when someone changes their user name to a system
> command and uses that name while playing a multi-player game on a system
> that has audio input? The answer is amusing, but be warned some mild
> obscenities are to be heard when people realize what has happened :
> 
>    youtube.com/watch?v=mWZLa4AnN5k#t=148
> 
> Bottom line, one more security issue we will have to consider in the years
> ahead...

Who really thought a voice command interface was a good idea?

I hope they have (or add) an global option to turn that shit off.

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