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I like Slack but I'm bit hesitant to have it the ability to control my mouse and keyboard all the time. Slack is so popular that there are certainly lot attacks
by tommi 9y ago
I like Slack but I'm bit hesitant to have it the ability to control my mouse and keyboard all the time. Slack is so popular that there are certainly lot attacks against it and that could be one of the biggest exploits. I really hope operating system side sandboxing features mature and I'm able to control if and when software has access to such features.
- Nition 9y agoWe can finally replicate the way movies show "hacking" where the hacker starts controlling the kb + mouse and typing "HELLO MR SMITH. YOU HAVE BEEN HACKED" in 128px font.
- yeukhon 9y agoThis has been around for years. Webex has it for a long time.
- derefr 9y ago> I really hope operating system side sandboxing features mature and I'm able to control if and when software has access to such features. In macOS at least, Slack and/or ScreenHero gets an entry under "Privacy > Accessibility" settings panel (just like apps like Synergy), where it begins disabled, and you have to explicitly go to that panel and enable it before it can do anything with your mouse/keyboard. You can disable it again at any time.