METHOD OF COMMUNICATING BETWEEN APPLICATIONS WHICH IS INTENDED TO SECURE ACCESS TO APPLICATION DATA

摘要

The invention relates to a method of communicating between at least two applications, A and B, in an operating system, which is intended to prevent application A from accessing the information content of a window of application B. The inventive method comprises the following steps: creation of at least one variable by application B, receipt of a request from application A by application B, verification of the value of the aforementioned variable by application B in order to verify the validity of the request or authenticate the origin thereof and response to the request according to the value and/or origin. In this way, the invention is intended to solve the problem associated with securing personal data which the user provides to an application and which are normally transmitted to any other application requesting same. In particular, the invention can be used to secure data contained in a Web browser.