Privacy modes in a remote desktop environment

A computing device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a computer-readable storage device including instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
• associating a virtual display driver with a mirror driver of a computing device, the mirror driver to send a representation of a desktop of the computing device to a remote client;
• calling an application programming interface (API) to block input received from a physical console of the computing device without blocking input received from the remote client of the computing device;
• and
• periodically calling the API to determine if the API has received a predetermined command secure attention sequence from the physical console;
• and
• responsive to determining that the API has received the predetermined command secure attention sequence from the physical console, processing input received from the physical console.

A method of maintaining remote client privacy, the method comprising:

• associating a virtual display driver with a minor driver of a computing device, the mirror driver to send a representation of a desktop of the computing device to a remote client;
• calling an application programming interface (API) to block input received from a physical console of the computing device without blocking input received from the remote client of the computing device;
• periodically calling the API to determine if the API has received a predetermined command secure attention sequence from the physical console;
• and
• responsive to determining that the API has received the predetermined command secure attention sequence from the physical console, processing input received from the physical console.