Ok. I heard from one of the nvda devs. Apparently the code in the add on was preventing NVDA RC 14 .4 from shutting down properly. That might be a good thing if the author decides to fix it. Just decided I'd let you all know.
Take care. > On Jan 12, 2015, at 6:49 AM, Shawn Klein via Skypeenglish > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hmm, I'd want to hear more details than that before I went freaking out, I > just had a look at the source code, and I don't really know what I'm looking > at, but I didn't find any definitions for NVDA+Q like there were for all the > listed commands. What's the security issue? Is it going to automatically > accept malicious files and click on links from some user designated by the > developer? Or unintentionally allow a random hacker to do so, or what? I'm > always suspicious when I hear such vague warnings with no real details, just > like I am with those email forwards not written by a known antivirus > provider, telling me about some vague unnamed virus that's going to wipe out > all my files and destroy sector 000. Is the source of this news reliable? Is > he or she a programmer familiar with creating NVDA adons? I don't speak > Italian, but could probably get the gist of the message with google > translate and my knowledge of other Latin languages. Could you post the > original message here? > Shawn Klein > > -----Original Message----- > From: Skypeenglish [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Michele Barbi via Skypeenglish > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 3:44 AM > To: Skypeenglish list > Subject: [Bulk] [Skypeenglish] Bad news about the Skype NVDA addon... > > Hello, I just received a message on my italian list saying that the NVDA > addon for Skype has got security issues, and possibly NVDA+q has another > function. It's recommendable not to publish it too much from now on. The > developer has already been informed on it. > Bye! > Barbuz > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. > > to contact skype support with any questions regarding your account email > [email protected] > > To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. > > to contact skype support with any questions regarding your account email > [email protected] > > To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support with any questions regarding your account email [email protected] To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] and for a searchable archives page go here. http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com
