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Multiple security issues in GNU Screen

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414 points st_goliath | 1 comments | 13 May 25 11:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.226s | source
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0xDEAFBEAD ◴[14 May 25 02:10 UTC] No.43980009[source]▶
What advantages does screen offer compared with multiple tabs in your terminal emulator?
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1. magarnicle ◴[14 May 25 03:20 UTC] No.43980410[source]▶
The terminal sessions will persist even if your emulator crashes. Or, if you ssh into a machine you can use multiple terminal sessions from a single connection, and you can disconnect and reconnect to those sessions later.

There's a few other features like a common clipboard of sorts, monitoring a session for silence/activity, but those could all be provided by your emulator.