Am 05.05.20 um 22:51 schrieb brian:
Well you are correct in that it doesn't seem to be needed. I disabled it as a start-up application and it makes no difference on my ability to log in to the remote machine. Thinking about it now, I'm not sure of it's intended use; if I'm logging into an unattended remote machine and starting a new session, then desktop sharing is not required. If I'm logging in to a remote machine to share a desktop with someone local to it at the other end, they can always start the desktop sharing service manually. Either way it's not an issue.
The idea behind the applet is to give users control over when they want an admin to be able to shadow their session. It does make sense to roll it out in a setting where a support person may need to shadow the session, but should not be able do so without the user knowing about it. Some countries have rather strict privacy laws regarding this, and that's a Good Thing (tm). ;-)
-Stefan
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