Applying Different Visual Transformations to Sensitive User Input Based on Input-Device Type

An electronic device comprising:

• a display device;
• a memory storing an operating system (OS) having OS settings for configuring visual transformations of input entered into a sensitive-data field displayed via the display device;
• one or more processors configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to control the visual transformations, the one or more processors configured to:
• receive a key event corresponding to text being entered in the sensitive-data field;
• determine whether a source of the key event is a hardware input device coupled to the electronic device or a software input device coupled to the electronic device;
• and
• apply one of a plurality of visual transformations defined in the OS settings to the text entered in the sensitive-data field based on whether the source of the key event is the hardware input device or the software input device, the plurality of visual transformations including a first visual transformation associated with the hardware input device and a second visual transformation associated with the software input device, the second visual transformation being different from the first visual transformation.