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Subject: Re: UI security topic: UI for private activities
From: Ivan Čukić <ivan.cukic () kde ! org>
Date: 2012-01-17 17:02:29
Message-ID: CAFkAKBy2XD836E7zGwYKhARviCW_7C3Qz7T6xu2q+vzJiJB+yQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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> That kind of user do not take security seriously enough to even create a
> private activity. Locking the screen, and consequently closing all private
I am serious about security, but I sometimes forget to press the lock
button on my keyboard when I leave my computer.
The user is most of the time the weakest link in a security hierarchy,
I don't want to make him more responsible than he needs to be.
> you leave the device on the table for a certain amount of time. If you
> prefer you can add a shorter than the lock screen timeout for the private
> activities.
How would that work, you start reading a book, and all of a sudden
everything closes with no explanation? I'd even put some delay after
the screen locks due to inactivity to lock the activity - 15 seconds
or something. (like it is possible to be done for the most desktops)
> Because nothing garantees the user that opened the activity is the same that is now
> changing the configuration. For example, the device owner opens a private activity, in that
> situation the activity configuration dialog is accessible.
+1 Totally agree. It would be like password changing on a website
without requesting the old password.
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Cheerio,
Ivan
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Dying to believe in what you heard
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