From kde-core-devel  Thu Sep 04 06:08:04 2003
From: Martin Konold <martin.konold () erfrakon ! de>
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 06:08:04 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: KWallet integration
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Am Thursday 04 September 2003 12:11 am schrieb Scott Wheeler:

Hi,

> Think roommates or children or whatever.  i.e. I'm fine with walking away
> and coming back to find a roommate checking their webmail on my computer. 

> On the other hand leaving things wide open just because you walked away
> with your screen unlocked is a bad idea.

If you decide not to lock your screen you simply leave your account to be 
used/abused. Any extra complexity in order to save you from the initial 
failure (not locking the screen) is doomed to fail. 

If you don't want other people to access your data or steal your identity you 
simply cannot leave the screen unlocked. 

In general adding extra "security" features which dont really work only 
provides people with a missleading impression about their security status. 

KDE provides for friends and children in need to check their webmail etc. a 
nice offer to open another session for them if the screen is locked 
currently.

Regards,
-- martin

Dipl.-Phys. Martin Konold
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