Secure Input (Mac) vs Secure Desktop

wkleem
wkleem
Community Member
edited July 2017 in Lounge

Could someone explain how things work as because I am on Windows, I don't get Secure Input like I do on the Mac. I'd use Secure Desktop more if I knew how it works.

I also don't see the option on 1Password 6.5 for Windows (with local vault support), only for 1Password 4.6. I am uncertain about Teams and Secure Desktop.

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  • Ben
    Ben
    edited July 2017

    Hi @wkleem,

    These are features of the respective operating systems themselves:

    Secure Desktop

    (Windows)

    "The Secure Desktop’s primary difference from the User Desktop is that only trusted processes running as SYSTEM are allowed to run here (i.e. nothing running as the User’s privilege level) and the path to get to the Secure Desktop from the User Desktop must also be trusted through the entire chain. "

    Source: User Account Control Prompts on the Secure Desktop – UACBlog

    Secure Input

    (Mac)

    "EnableSecureEventInput was implemented in Mac OS X 10.3, to provide a secure means for a process to protect keyboard input to a custom data entry field. This function protects keyboard entry so that keyboard events cannot be intercepted by a keyboard intercept process."

    Source: Technical Note TN2150: Using Secure Event Input Fairly

    Smile Software also has some details on their website:

    TextExpander and Secure Input | Smile

    Hope that helps. :)

    Ben

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