Bug Report I'v realized OBS crashes when a password must be typed, why?

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desperdicio01

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Hello,

I love OBS but using it in mac I've discovered that OBS crashes when I have to enter a password, wether it's in my terminal (for instance to send credentials to a git push action) or when introducing my password when purchasing an app on Appstore. So why is it so?

Any news?

Thank you very much.

Keep up the mac port!
 
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machone

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This must have something to do with Secure Input. (I think) it prevents processes from being able to get keyboard input while typing in a password field. It's enforced by the OS and is used to defeat software that might be keylogging to get your passwords.

I know I had to give OBS 'Input Monitoring' permission - I assume this is for hotkeys. So, I disabled that permission since I don't need hotkeys anyway, and what do you know, OBS doesn't crash when entering passwords any more.

This is a workaround, though, so I'll try and figure out how to file a bug report.

EDIT: looks like this is being tracked in GitHub: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues/2292
 
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ben85

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I was able to reproduce the same behaviour with MacOS Catalina 10.15.2 on a MacBook Pro 16" with OBS 24.0.6 installed. Essentially, any time a password field is displayed (such as in a web browser or operating system security prompt), OBS will be forcefully terminated if it has been whitelisted to monitor input (via system preferences, security and privacy, and input monitoring).
 
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