2.10 Enable Secure Keyboard Entry in terminal.app

Information

Secure Keyboard Entry prevents other applications on the system and/or network from detecting and recording what is typed into Terminal.

Rationale:

Enabling Secure Keyboard Entry minimizes the risk of a key logger from detecting what is entered in Terminal.

Solution

Perform the following to enable secure keyboard entries in Terminal:
Graphical Method:

Open Terminal

Select Terminal

Select Secure Keyboard Entry

Terminal Method:

$ sudo -u <username> defaults write -app Terminal SecureKeyboardEntry -bool true

example:

$ sudo -u firstuser defaults write -app Terminal SecureKeyboardEntry -bool true

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/3421