Why some people have the jobs they do is beyond me. 1 time I had a situation where the computer was throwing an error almost at the very beginning of the boot process, i.e., way b4 Windows started, & the dh admin was trying to blame it on the person's screenreader. Yeah--right! Not only so, but the error was quite clearly indicating a RAM failure. So I had to phone him up & explain in 2-year-old terminology why it was that the screenreader could not be at fault & that the lady needed a new computer or her old 1 fixed ASAP. Made me wonder if he was even competent enough to pull the cover off the dippin thing & install new ram. Basically, that kind of mentality is because people don't know their stuff & try to cover their stupidity by means of a shotgun. On 11/19/14, Greg B. <gbobo@woh.rr.com> wrote:
I think Frank is correct. I am working on a Masters in Cyber security and there is not a category of threats posed by accessibility options on a workstation. That administrator is being willfully ignorant or is just a control freak that doesn't truly understand security.
Greg B.
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Shugart Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 11:26 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Looking for feedback on a grad project
Sounds like that sysadmin has no clue about security, I've never heard that anywhere else and don't see how disabling accessibility options would impact security at all. Perhaps it was just an excuse for him to have more control over the workstations? Really odd. Ryan
On Nov 19, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Frank Ventura <frank.ventura@littlebreezes.com> wrote:
I have heard this as well. I also have been told by one System Admin that the first thing he does after configuring a workstation is to disable the accessibility options, for "security" reasons. Sounds pretty insecure security thinking to me. Frank
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Chris Smart Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 10:23 AM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Looking for feedback on a grad project
I was told in no uncertain terms by a large antivirus vendor that their software would not be made accessible, because they consider keyboard input to be a security risk. I know at least one other person who was told that as well. I'm just mentioning that as an example of some of the thinking out there.
_______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
_______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
_______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
_______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
-- Jackie McBride Author of the Upcoming Book "Beyond Baffled: the Technophobe's Guide to Creating a Website" www.brighter-vision.com Where Visionaries & Technology Unite Jaws Scripting training www.screenreaderscripting.com