Reply to post: Thanks for making this public

This two-year-old X.org give-me-root hole is so trivial to exploit, you can fit it in a single tweet

Mike 137 Silver badge

Thanks for making this public

On Twitter. Now anyone who wants to be a nuisance - from bored kids upwards - knows how to do it and will probably try.

Responsible disclosure is making sure those who can fix the problem find out about it while avoiding irresponsible and malicious actors finding out about it until it's been fixed.

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