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The similarities between #accessibility and #cybersecurity continue to amaze me.
These are both areas of standards, recommendations, legal precedents etc. that SHOULD, in theory, give companies the tools, as well as the insentive, to do what their clients/customers need them to do.
Is that the reality? Sadly, often, no it isn't. I just saw a renowned voice in the cybersecurity space repost a post that essentially states that if the infraction is cheaper/more lucrative than the fine, companies will choose the fine every single time. Frustrating, innit?

So what if I say the exact same thing is true for #accessibility and that the majority of GUI-based cybersecurity tools are not #accessible enough to be productive?

Here's a callout to #cybersecurity vendors. Are you going to fix this, or be a hypocrite? :) #tech

#Accessibility #accessible #tech #cybersecurity

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Florian

@ZBennoui Oh it's perfectly doable with a bit of elbow grease I would say. A lot of tools are commandline which, while not necessarily efficient out of the box, does dodge around some of the UI issues, and yet others are web-based which means one can get quick at them with a bit of practice, but there's also scary Legacy Java UIs that ...kinda work but are not exactly pleasant to use. I'd say if youre not passionate about it you probably won't have a great time, but if you are, it is certainly learnable/doable and quite fun once you get good at it :)
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