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Odds and Ends: Screen saver security quirk

Odds and Ends: Screen saver security quirk

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Screen saver security quirk There is a minor security bug in Mac OS X's screen saver password functionality. If you have Energy Saver set to put your monitor to sleep sooner than the screen saver is to appear, the previous state of your display - complete with all open windows - is shown for a brief period before the screen saver dialog box prompting for a password pops up.

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