Re: Accessibility penalty?
Re: Accessibility penalty?
- Subject: Re: Accessibility penalty?
- From: Andrew Taylor <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:29:14 -0400
It seems odd that "access for assistive devices" is off by default,
and (apparently) can't be enabled by developer code. What's the
rationale for the default setting in Jaguar? Is there a performance
penalty for turning it on?
Thanks,
James
Security. The Accessibility API allows programs to control the
machine and do anything to another program completely behind the
user's back. It is potentially the "back door" that weakens UNIX when
remote control of another machine is left unguarded. It is just like
putting your valuable data on a machine and turning on guest access
on the internet. So Apple turns it off by default (as they should)
and requires a real user to turn it on.
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