I think this is a big security issue.
When I try to login to my laptop (wish has howdy installed) via ssh it takes longer than it should, and I have found that is because it tries to make the face recognition.
The really big issue here, is that, if I am working in my laptop, anyone can access to it via ssh, because the face recognition is triggered and the ssh login is allowed.
How to reproduce:
This will trigger the face recognition, and if you are in front of your laptop the ssh access is allowed.
Linux distribution: Ubuntu 18.04
Howdy version: 2.3.0
This used to be handled by looking at the SSH_CONNECTION environment variable and aborting if it was found, looks like it's not there anymore. I'll get onto it immediately so a fixed should be released in a couple of hours.
Should be fixed in 2.3.1, which is pushed as high urgency release to all debian-based distros. @KelleyMcChes any chance you could update the arch version?
Thanks for noticing and reporting!
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This used to be handled by looking at the
SSH_CONNECTIONenvironment variable and aborting if it was found, looks like it's not there anymore. I'll get onto it immediately so a fixed should be released in a couple of hours.