Android 17 Blocks Non-Accessibility Apps from Accessibility API to Prevent Malware Abuse

Google is testing a new security feature as part of Android Advanced Protection Mode AAPM that prevents certain kinds of apps from using the accessibility services API. The change, incorporated in Android 17 Beta 2, was first reported by Android Authority last week. AAPM was introduced by Google ...

[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: liblouis-3.22.0-1.fc36

Liblouis is an open-source braille translator and back-translator named in honor of Louis Braille. It features support for computer and literary braille, supports contracted and uncontracted translation for many languages and has support for hyphenation. New languages can easily be added through...

Writing great alt text: Emotion matters

If you prefer videos to articles, there's an episode of HTTP 203 on this topic. Ok, on with the article… Good alt text means that screen reader users get the same 'meaning' from the page as a fully sighted user. But sometimes that's easier said than done. I recently got stuck trying to figure out...

[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: pyatspi-2.38.1-1.fc34

at-spi allows assistive technologies to access GTK-based applications. Essentially it exposes the internals of applications for automation, so tools such as screen readers, magnifiers, or even scripting interfaces can query and interact with GUI controls. This package includes a python3 client...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: liblouis-3.7.0-1.fc29

Liblouis is an open-source braille translator and back-translator named in honor of Louis Braille. It features support for computer and literary brail le, supports contracted and uncontracted translation for many languages and has support for hyphenation. New languages can easily be added through...

CVE-2014-2077

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the frontend in Open-Xchange OX AppSuite 7.4.1 before 7.4.1-rev10 and 7.4.2 before 7.4.2-rev8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the subject of an email, involving 'the aria "tags" for screenreaders at the top bar'...