> Also your calculator app can read your sudo password as you type it
True with X11. Fixed in Wayland.
True with X11. Fixed in Wayland.
Linux is not unique here. In the longterm, all the typical desktop OSs will need significant structural changes far beyond 'chase vulnerabilities and patch everything all the time'.
[0] https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/27/microsoft-linux-vulne...
[1] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15902
[2] https://security.googleblog.com/2021/08/linux-kernel-securit...
The problems will be worked out.. one way or the other.