Control: tag -1 confirmed On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 01:45:56 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > Tags: jessie > User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org > Usertags: pu > > Hello, > > In Bug#800602, a blind user reported that when using the > greeter-hide-users=false option of lightdm, on reboot the focus is as > expected initially on the password field, so the user can directly type > it. The Orca screen reader however happens to speak the password letters > out loud instead of just "star"! > > This is due to the way Orca discovers widgets, it does not notice that > this is a password field, and thus continues to speak typed letters out. > Upstream fixed this by checking hard, before speaking typed letters > out, whether the current widget is a password widget, and we have been > testing this fix in unstable & testing since 20th october now. > > Since speaking passwords out loud is a security issue, I'd like to > upload the attached change which backports the fix. > Go ahead. Cheers, Julien
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature