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Firejail discusses this briefly in their X11 guide:

The sandbox replaces the regular X11 server with Xpra or Xephyr server. This prevents X11 keyboard loggers and screenshot utilities from accessing the main X11 server.

https://firejail.wordpress.com/documentation-2/x11-guide

It's not a common issue, but obviously a security concern to make it so easy for keyloggers to record your keypresses or screen. I currently prefer X11 to Wayland, and I'd love if this problem was possible to address without Firejail. I use Firejail for other sandboxing tasks, but sandboxing X11 is too impractical.





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