Feature #5563

Add virtual keyboard to Tails Greeter

Added by Tails 2013-07-18 07:42:50 . Updated 2020-04-15 06:05:21 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Accessibility
Target version:
Tails_3.0
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Code
Blueprint:

Starter:
0
Affected tool:
Welcome Screen
Deliverable for:

Description

In order to protect users against encryption passphrase and sudo password compromise in the presence of a hardware keyboard logger, the Florence Virtual Keyboard should be available in Tails Greeter.

Implementation research

A proof of concept has been implemented :

  • add florence.desktop to gdm greeter session
  • florence needs a system tray to enable user to access its icon, so, install trayer and add a corresponding .desktop to gdm greeter session.

This works, but a solution which does not require to display another panel has to be found.

Why do we "have" to find another solution? If we really have, how hard would it be to have the existing tails-greeter panel act as a system tray?

Potentially interesting links

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Bug #7500: Tails Greeter is not accessible Duplicate 2014-07-06
Related to Tails - Feature #10041: Requesting feature: Virtual keyboard at initial bootup of welcome screen Duplicate 2015-08-14
Related to Tails - Feature #10814: Add icon to easily launch virtual keyboard Resolved 2015-12-31
Related to Tails - Bug #12385: The virtual keyboard in the Greeter allows to type only a limited set of keys Resolved 2017-03-19
Has duplicate Tails - Feature #5783: Florence Virtual Keyboard to be available at first prompt Duplicate
Has duplicate Tails - Feature #5587: Add a virtual keyboard in Tails Greeter Duplicate
Blocks Tails - Feature #6064: Handheld Tails Confirmed 2014-07-10

History

#1 Updated by 2Be 2013-08-11 08:22:07

It is not only important for security. I am running Tails on a Slate and when I’m on the road I usually have no physical (non-bluetooth) keyboard available to activate my persistence partition which is kind of annoying. Would love to be able to use that feature on this device always as well.
Thanks for your great work!

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2013-10-04 05:49:57

  • Category set to 165
  • Starter set to No

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2014-07-20 16:37:08

  • Subject changed from tails-greeter: add florence to Add the Florence virtual keyboard to the Greeter

#4 Updated by emmapeel 2014-09-04 01:49:22

  • related to Feature #5587: Add a virtual keyboard in Tails Greeter added

#5 Updated by sajolida 2014-09-04 05:00:48

  • has duplicate Feature #5783: Florence Virtual Keyboard to be available at first prompt added

#6 Updated by sajolida 2014-09-04 05:01:22

  • related to deleted (Feature #5587: Add a virtual keyboard in Tails Greeter)

#7 Updated by sajolida 2014-09-04 05:01:30

  • has duplicate Feature #5587: Add a virtual keyboard in Tails Greeter added

#8 Updated by sajolida 2014-09-04 05:01:56

  • Subject changed from Add the Florence virtual keyboard to the Greeter to Add Florence virtual keyboard to Tails Greeter

#9 Updated by sajolida 2014-12-11 11:03:19

#10 Updated by sajolida 2014-12-11 11:28:21

#11 Updated by sajolida 2014-12-11 11:28:34

#12 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-02 22:58:25

  • related to Bug #7500: Tails Greeter is not accessible added

#13 Updated by sajolida 2015-08-14 12:22:15

  • Target version set to 2017

#14 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-15 02:44:09

  • related to Feature #10041: Requesting feature: Virtual keyboard at initial bootup of welcome screen added

#15 Updated by mckaygerhard 2016-02-01 02:55:00

The xkbd are more captable to implement at the gdm, inclusivelly comes with some notes,

florence does not perform well on display greeters.. only has a “eye candy” asct,

xkbd has more usefully behabior

#16 Updated by intrigeri 2016-08-27 10:46:55

  • Target version deleted (2017)

#17 Updated by intrigeri 2017-01-30 09:47:36

  • related to Feature #10814: Add icon to easily launch virtual keyboard added

#18 Updated by alant 2017-03-19 17:41:28

  • Subject changed from Add Florence virtual keyboard to Tails Greeter to Add virtual keyboard to Tails Greeter
  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved

Caribou is working in the greeter in 3.0~beta2

#19 Updated by intrigeri 2017-03-19 18:50:50

  • Category set to Accessibility
  • Target version set to Tails_3.0

#20 Updated by intrigeri 2017-03-19 18:55:55

  • related to Bug #12385: The virtual keyboard in the Greeter allows to type only a limited set of keys added

#21 Updated by intrigeri 2020-04-15 06:05:21

  • Affected tool changed from Greeter to Welcome Screen