LD_PRELOAD attack

[Robert J. Hansen]

michael graffam wrote:
> Has anyone read the article in the most recent 2600 regarding using
> LD_PRELOAD to eavesdrop on gnupg?

My reaction to it has been to yawn.

If you don't have physical security on your machine, you don't have any
electronic security worth talking about.  We've known this for decades
now.  This is just another example of what happens when people think
they can have electronic security without physical control over the
hardware.