[guardian-dev] Android 4.3 has built-in keylogger support

[Mark Murphy]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Michael Rogers
<michael at briarproject.org> wrote:
> "Starting in Android 4.3, accessibility services can observe and
> filter key events, such as to handle keyboard shortcuts or provide
> navigation parity with gesture-based input. The service receives the
> events and can process them as needed before they are passed to the
> system or other installed apps."
>
> What could possibly go mal?

Last I checked, accessibility services require double opt-in (install,
then activate from within Settings), which at least reduces the risk
somewhat.

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