cocoaaa Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Hi, I've set up the text expansion to use for my account information and when I use it (e.g. typing !pw) in the password field of Cisco Anyconnect VPN application the text expansion doesn't work. It works in other text editors and input fields, so I think something about this being a password field is blocking the expansion to happen. Is there any way I can allow the expansion to occur in any field, including the password field like this? Thank you! Link to comment
deanishe Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 13 hours ago, cocoaaa said: so I think something about this being a password field is blocking the expansion to happen That's exactly what's happening. Properly-implemented password fields turn on what's called Secure Input, which stops any other application – like Alfred – from monitoring your keystrokes while you're entering a password. 13 hours ago, cocoaaa said: Is there any way I can allow the expansion to occur in any field, including the password field like this? Absolutely not. If you figure out a way, you should ask Apple if you're eligible for a bug bounty. Keeping passwords in snippets is also not a great idea security-wise. You should consider a real password manager, or at least keeping the passwords in Keychain (/usr/bin/security is a command-line interface workflows can use). cocoaaa 1 Link to comment
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