Spacetop for accountants: client numbers no one else can see
Returns, workpapers, and reconciliations on a 100-inch private canvas — spread across a desk-sized workspace nobody beside you can read, anywhere busy season sends you.
Busy season exposes client data
The Ponemon Institute / 3M visual-hacking experiment (2016) measured how easily on-screen data is captured in real workplaces.
Financial data is the prize
27% of captured data was sensitive — the study names financial information specifically
52% of it was read straight off a screen
91% of attempts succeeded overall
Filters don't fix it
They darken side angles only — not over your shoulder
They shrink the one screen you're already squinting at
Spacetop removes the visible screen entirely
The reality
In busy season, every seat is someone else's view
From January to April your team works wherever it lands. Tax returns and client financials end up on screens in some of the least private places imaginable.
On-site at the client
You're at the client's shared conference table reconciling their ledger. Their staff walks past every few minutes. A salary line, a vendor payment, a margin — any of it is readable at a glance. Spacetop keeps the workpaper inside your glasses, not on a screen the room can see.
The 5 p.m. flight home
Middle seat, two returns to finish before tomorrow. With a privacy filter the passengers behind and above you still see the names and numbers. With Spacetop there's simply nothing on the tray table to read.
One laptop screen isn't enough for the work
Privacy is half the problem. The other half is space — accounting is multi-window work, and a single travel screen forces constant tab-switching that drives errors.
See the whole reconciliation at once
The workpaper, the source document, the prior-year file, and the tax software all need to be open together. Spacetop gives you a 100-inch canvas to lay them side by side — the multi-monitor setup you have at the desk, on the laptop you travel with.
Fewer context switches, fewer mistakes
Cramming reconciliation work onto one small screen means hiding half of it behind the other half. Spreading it across a large canvas keeps the numbers you're tying out visible together, so less slips through when you're tired at the end of a long day.
Spacetop vs. a single laptop screen on the road
What changes when your travel screen becomes a private 100-inch canvas.
| Spacetop | Privacy filter | Single laptop screen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workspace size | 100" virtual canvas | Same single screen | Single screen |
| Hidden from onlookers at every angle | Partial, side angles only | ||
| Spread workpapers and sources side-by-side | |||
| Reduces tab-switching errors | |||
| Works on the laptop you already carry |
Spacetop for accounting teams: FAQ
How do accountants keep client data private while traveling during busy season?
Spacetop renders your workspace inside AR glasses, so returns, workpapers, and client financials are visible only to you — on a flight, in a hotel lobby, or at the client's office. There's no screen for a passerby to read at any angle.
Is a privacy filter enough for tax returns and workpapers in public?
Usually not. Filters only darken side viewing angles, leaving your screen readable from behind and above. The Ponemon/3M study found 91% of visual-hacking attempts succeeded and specifically counted financial information among the data captured. Spacetop removes the visible screen entirely.
Can Spacetop replace a second monitor on the road?
Yes — and then some. Instead of one travel screen, you get a 100-inch canvas where the workpaper, source documents, prior-year file, and tax software can sit side by side, the way a multi-monitor desk does.
Does Spacetop support our confidentiality obligations?
It's a strong technical safeguard for client confidentiality under the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, keeping on-screen data unreadable to onlookers. It complements your firm's policies rather than replacing them.
Ready to work without boundaries?
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