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Add a new settings category called "security and privacy" in NVDA settings panel #16272

@Adriani90

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@Adriani90

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NVDA is still often perceived as having too less security related features, so I think we should raise the awareness for security and privacy topics in NVDA. I put these two things together because both are also directly related to each other.

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We could raise more awareness for this topic and make it more obvious what the current state in NVDA is.
We could do this by creating a dedicated settings category for security and privacy.
Following settings should be moved to this category:

  • logging level (from general settings)
  • Enabled logging categories (from advanced settings)
  • Use NVDA during sign in (from general settings)
  • Use current settings during sign in and on secure screens (from general settings)
  • Allow NV access to gather usage statistics (from general settings)
  • The screen curtain grouping along with the settings under this grouping (from vision settings)
  • Speak typed characters (from keyboard settings)
  • Speak typed words (from keyboard settings)
  • Enable custom code from scratchpad directory (from advanced settings)
  • Speak passwords in all enhanced terminals (from advanced settings)

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    api-breaking-changegood first issuegithub features these at https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/contributep5https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/blob/master/projectDocs/issues/triage.md#priorityquick fixrelease/blockingthis issue blocks the milestone releaserelease/blocking-betatriagedHas been triaged, issue is waiting for implementation.ux

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