Moreover, many organizations provide access to internal resources using RDP.

Despite an increased usage of Windows Remote Management ( WinRM), system administrators still make extensive use of RDP.

This feature also immediately triggered my hacker mindset. If I would have simply used RDP to logon to the media center, it would have displayed a lock screen on the TV, which defeats the purpose of the media center setup. Think of Netflix, a YouTube video or family pictures. I am able to control the laptop connected to my TV from the couch while the TV displays what I want to see. This shadowing feature means that, while someone is working on their machine, either physically on the console or via RDP, it is possible for another user to view that session, or even control it! This is of course ideal for my use case with the laptop connected to the TV. Because I prefer to use Windows’ built-in solutions over 3rd party tools, after a quick online research, I discovered that Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol ( RDP) supports a so-called “shadowing” feature and RDP is available in all Windows Server Operating Systems and the business editions of end-user Windows versions. Spying on users using Remote Desktop Shadowing - Living off the LandĪ while ago on a Sunday afternoon I was playing with an old laptop to repurpose it to be a media center for the TV.

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