TL;DR: Use Warp terminal’s secret redaction feature to automatically hide IP addresses, emails, API keys, and other sensitive data when screen sharing or recording. Enable it in settings and add custom regexes for your specific secrets.
Do you do presentations and want/need to show your terminal? Maybe it’s a conference talk and it’d be awesome to pull an example from a real log file but you’re terrified that, maybe, a user’s email or IP address were to appear on screen?
It’s a real concern.
Personally, I do a ton of live streaming for the podcasts (1, 2) as well as course recording and I’ve definitely stopped short for this reason.
Warp: A Nicer Terminal
Back at PyBay 2023, I was introduced to Warp. It’s an awesome terminal for many reason which I’ve completely switched to. I suggest you watch the YouTube trailer to see what it’s about.
But it also has a new secret redaction feature. It’s off by default, but easy to turn on:
I even added a few custom regexes to hide a couple of API keys that were appearing in my logs.
Some Examples
Try this: Log into one of your servers and post a screenshot of the welcome screen.
No? I would not do it with all the various settings/versions/ip addresses/etc. visible with the basic terminal. Here’s mine from Warp:
Cool eh?
How about tailing your log which may include API keys, emails, IP addresses (just 127.0.0.1 in this case but you still see the effect), etc:
That’s It
There’s not much to add other than now you know! I hope this helps you work with clients and consultants as well as in those presentation-type situations.
PS - If you do happen to want to check out Warp, use my referral link. All it gets me is a t-shirt, but why not, eh?