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Re: secure uitextfield is not secure
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Re: secure uitextfield is not secure


  • Subject: Re: secure uitextfield is not secure
  • From: Luther Baker <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:54:28 -0600

Hey -- this is all good stuff!

I'm definitely a bit less cynical about this topic now.

Thanks for the virtual turn-around!




On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Kyle Sluder <email@hidden> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014, at 02:57 PM, Quincey Morris wrote:
> > I agree with the earlier post which said (more or less) that if it's your
> > job to demo stuff, then it's also your (your company's) responsibility to
> > provide a non-secure demo platform, or a non-secure account.
>
> Take Luther's app out of the equation.
>
> Due to plenty of circumstances beyond the control of the user (timeouts,
> etc.), it may be necessary to reauthorize to some service during the
> course of presenting data via AirPlay. There is *no way* to securely use
> passwords in combination with AirPlay.
>
> This is a design problem that falls under the same umbrella as "bad
> defaults". The user can optionally cancel whatever password prompt has
> appeared (and keep canceling if the software in question persists in its
> demand), disconnect from AirPlay, enter the password, reconnect to
> AirPlay, and return to the place they left off.
>
> But that's cumbersome. Instead, the software encourages the user to
> enter their password live and on the air.
>
> As I opined in an earlier thread, when AirPlay is engaged
> UISecureTextField should disable echo of the last character. Thanks
> Quincey for reminding me that the balloon keycaps should also be
> disabled.
>
> --Kyle Sluder
>
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References: 
 >secure uitextfield is not secure (From: Luther Baker <email@hidden>)
 >Re: secure uitextfield is not secure (From: Fritz Anderson <email@hidden>)
 >Re: secure uitextfield is not secure (From: Luther Baker <email@hidden>)
 >Re: secure uitextfield is not secure (From: Quincey Morris <email@hidden>)
 >Re: secure uitextfield is not secure (From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>)

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