Hotkey for server disconnect
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so all remote softwares have in my opinion a bit of a small problem being safe to use for the person being controlled (aka the server in wayk terms), as generally the one being controlled is kinda powerless against the one doing the controlling for one very simple reason, and that is the basis of mouse movement.
unless you use a touch screen or a drawing tablet or whatever to control your mouse cursor your cursor is generally controlled relatively based on the current position of the mouse, which obviously will be influenced by the actions of the client.
on the other hand the client's mouse cursor while in relation to itself moves relatively, in relation to the server it acts more like a finger on the touchscreen as it is not influenced the the position of the client's mouse cursor.
and that means that in a "mouse-fight" the client will generally have an edge over the server as he literally teleports the mouse cursor where he wants while the client can only move the mouse from it's current point, that makes it significantly hard to escape a remote session as you generally have to hit a relatively small close button and on top you might even need a confirmation on top of it.
so the only real ways out are usually trying to disconnect the network (which isnt always easy especially in case of a desktop with inbuilt WLAN, as there is no cable or adapter you can pull out nor switch or firmware hotkey to kill the WLAN) or literally pull the power from the computer (which is generally not a good idea)
so it might be useful to have an easy way out for example a hotkey to either disable all input or just kill the session altogether, which would be prominently displayed on top of everything so a server can shoot down a client without needing to do weird things, or try to win an unwinnable mattle with the mouse.
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I can understand your point, but unless you've given access to someone you do not trust, this normally should not happen. In the eventuality that the remote user becomes malicious and fights for the control of the mouse against your will, your best bet would likely be to physically disconnect the network or close the computer.
In any case, we end up with the following problem: even if we did add such a 'killswitch' hotkey, people would need to know about it before encountering a situation where they would need to use it. Unless you expect this to happen, you won't read the manual, making this killswitch a very rarely used option.
If somebody else comes forward saying this is actually a real problem that could be solved with a killswitch hotkey, I'd be interested in hearing more about it. Otherwise, I don't think we will consider implementing something like this.
Marc-André Moreau
In any case, we end up with the following problem: even if we did add such a 'killswitch' hotkey, people would need to know about it before encountering a situation where they would need to use it. Unless you expect this to happen, you won't read the manual, making this killswitch a very rarely used option.
which is why I did say "prominently displayed" for example in the little wayk control window (which iirc was stay on top) you could enter something like "press Ctrl+Alt+Q to end the Session" or whatever
If somebody else comes forward saying this is actually a real problem that could be solved with a killswitch hotkey, I'd be interested in hearing more about it. Otherwise, I don't think we will consider implementing something like this.
while not with wayk soecifically, tech support scams are not overly uncommon, although at least now that syskey is dead on newer windows 10 versions the damage that can be done is a bit less, but it is still something one might want to consider.