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Auto-accept iChat screen sharing sessions
Authored by: asmeurer on Nov 01, '08 07:38:13PM

I would highly recommend simply activating screen sharing in System Preferences and using the screen sharing application or another VNC client. The reason is that this way you can have a password, whereas the only password for the auto accept way is your iChat password, which you most likely have set to login automatically. Remember that if you do this, anyone who has the right information can access and control your computer.



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Auto-accept iChat screen sharing sessions
Authored by: kais on Sep 27, '09 09:10:19AM

This hint is a free alternative the Back to My Mac feature of MobileMe. It is as secure as the chat you've initiated, which can be very secure. It is limited to the account you create for auto accepting and your initiating account.

Someone would have to steal your remote Mac, then be clever enough to attempt initiating Screen Sharing on the specific account for this to be insecure. You can simply disable the auto accept account on the Mac you used to Screen Share with.

VNC sends it passwords in the clear, which is bad enough on a local network. The thought of sending the VNC connection over the internet is even worse. Obviously that connection can be tunneled using SSH, but the performance is awful.



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