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Another app that stores credentials mitigates this by putting up a 30-second delay; the text goes a bit like this: "It seems that you are using a screen reader
by Piskvorrr 7y ago
Another app that stores credentials mitigates this by putting up a 30-second delay; the text goes a bit like this:
"It seems that you are using a screen reader or something else that uses the Accessibility services. If you have no idea what this is, do not continue past this screen. The below buttons will be enabled in 30 seconds [I know what is happening] [This doesn't sound familiar, exit]"
(Of course it only appears when you actually have something subscribed into the accessibility services, which is how I found out) Yes, it's inconvenient, but forces you to actually read the message instead of blindly barging through Accept Accept Accept.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 7y agoDoes it do that every time, or just the first time? If it just happens once I guess that might be a tolerable tradeoff. Still doesn't seem like it's worth classifying Google's app as abandoned just because they declined to implement this particular feature.
- Piskvorrr 7y agoEach time. Annoying, but bearable for something I use once a day...
- IAmEveryone 7y agoThat places the burden on people required to use such assistive technology. I’m sure life as a blind person is already full of obstacles, so we should maybe think twice before actively seeking to build new barriers. And how does this actually prevent abuse? Wouldn’t malware happily wait 30 seconds and click “yes”? And if the dialog isn’t accessible to the screen reader, doesn’t it then exclude some users entirely?
- Piskvorrr 7y agoI would think that the expected behavior is "if you don't know what this is, close the app manually." But yeah, it's only a mitigation.