Feature Request - Streamer Mode for Enhanced Privacy

Kyrast

Thank you for the requests! I've filed internal feature requests with the team on your behalf as well. 🙂

-Dave

ref: PB-41748890

I second this.

I'd like to emphasize that this thread contains not one, but two different feature requests.
1. Add a mode that blacks out the 1Password window from screenshot, presentation/screen sharing, etc.
2. Conceal every field's content by default. The 1Password application window (including menus, categories, settings, section headings) should remain visible. It should be implemented so that anyone could share a screenshot of 1Password without having to blur things out.

This feature may be added in the existing 1Password desktop app section Settings > Security > Concealed Fields and called "Conceal all sensitive fields" or something like that. I added the word "sensitive" on purpose because most field labels and sections headings can be edited by the user, but we may want to keep those visible or the screenshots wouldn't make much sense. So I could share a screenshot and it would look something like this:

I'd just like to emphasize that two different feature requests are proposed in this thread. They both loosely fit under "streamer mode", but each one has very different use cases:

1. Option to signal 1Password window should be blacked out for screenshot/screen sharing/presentation, etc. applications
2. Conceal* the contents of all 1Password fields by default. The 1Password window including its categories, settings, etc. should not be blacked out.

'*' A counterpart of sorts already exists in the Settings > Security > Concealed Fields > Always show passwords and full credit card numbers. The 2nd feature request could become an additional option in this Concealed Fields section.

seanboult

Thank you, your feature request has been shared with the team. 🙂

-Dave

Funny I saw ChrisC1P share a screenshot in another thread. Obviously it was all manually blurred but this feature in an age where we are always sharing screens in slack/teams/zoom/discord this is a much needed feature to keep your info safe from accidental leakage.

JJGadgets

Thank you for the additional information, I've passed it along to the team. 🙂

-Dave

For what it's worth, I found out today that Discord, also an Electron app, can now hide itself from OBS and screenshot apps like ShareX when the Discord Streamer Mode is enabled, at least on Windows.

Disappointing to take a screenshot and see both KeePassXC and Discord disappear from the screen but not 1Password.

JJGadgets

Thank you for the feedback. I've shared your request with the team as well. 🙂

-Dave

ref: PB-38252393

Hi, I just discovered that the 1Password 8 Electron app on Windows 10 doesn't have this feature yet, while KeePassXC on Windows and macOS has been doing this since 2022 (the 2.7.0 release that included the commit merged in 2021).

I'd really like for this to be a feature, as it's my opinion that human errors can occur when it comes to screen sharing or screenshots, and it would be beneficial that password managers help mitigate these human errors that could lead to compromise in security.

Here's the pull request for this feature in KeePassXC, which works on my Windows 10 21H2 machine as of the time of this post. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/6030

Hope to see this feature soon, I personally find this a blocker to using the 1Password 8 Electron app on my Windows gaming rig where I frequently have OBS and Discord streams going when I'm gaming, and might occasionally need to login to game accounts or related where I don't want to accidentally reveal my other credentials or vault items.

Former Member

I've taken a look and it sounds like you're referring to the SetWindowDisplayAffinity function. That does indeed look like it would be useful, especially in regard to the original poster's suggestion. I've forwarded this information to the team internally as well.

Thank you for suggesting the function! 🙂

-Dave

ref: PB-37024018