- From: Magnus Kristiansen <magnusrk+elektrans@pvv.org>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:56:08 +0200
- To: "Lachlan Hunt" <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>, public-html <public-html@w3.org>
On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:57:30 +0200, Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au> wrote: > Joshue O Connor claimed: >> For example accessibility and security are two forces (sic) that could >> be at logger heads. In many ways they are opposing principles. How can >> we make the web more accessible while still making it more secure? How >> can they be reconsiled? Which one will get the bums rush when the chips >> are down? > > I'm not sure what he's basing that claim on, I can't imagine how any > security or privacy issue could affect accessibility. But, even > hypothetically, if it comes down to deciding on a feature that could > seriously compromise the security of users for the benefit of > accessibility, security wins and accessibility would have to be > addressed in another way. Ideally, however, features would be both > secure and accessible and that scenario would never occur. Visited links come to mind. If AT software is able to read out whether a link is visited or not, so can an evil script. It seems somewhat similar to the issues with canvas drawWindow, a conflict between wanting to extract the information displayed on the screen and preventing a script from getting hold of stuff that's supposed to be private or secret. -- Magnus Kristiansen "Don't worry; the Universe IS out to get you."
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