How can I see a list of apps that have the ability to record my keyboard history? How can I see a list of programs/services that have the ability to record my keyboard history? My goal is to prevent programs from recording my keyboard history without root privilege. I cannot seem to find any Apple's documentation on its security policies. References are also appreciated.
Apps which are in the foreground are granted access to the keyboard automatically.
Apps which are run by your user account but are not in the foreground require accessibility access to access the keyboard. The list of applications granted access to this is available in System Preferences → Security &amp; Privacy → Accessibility. Here you can add and remove applications to grant and deny access, however some applications may lose functionality.
Apps which run as root are not restricted in this way. You will have been required to authorise this before this is permitted. You can check the current list of running root processes in Activity Monitor.


Keep in mind there's no keyboard history maintained — the apps must be recording it live.