On Thursday 04 September 2003 02:08 am, Martin Konold wrote:
> 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.

Some university labs here actually have a policy that disallows locking of the 
screen.