Tony -- exactly! Perfect analysis. Its a false sense of security which should be abolished or rectified.
-- Kristian Erik Hermansen https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristianhermansen https://profiles.google.com/kristian.hermansen On Nov 4, 2013 5:30 PM, "Tony" <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't have a problem with manually locking the screen, especially as I > have worked in secure Defence facilities where that is standard > pracrtice. > > But I do have a problem with a software interface that falsely claims to > provide a facility which in fact doesn't work correctly if at all. > > To eliminate the immediate problem, distros could get rid of the broken > "Lock" setting from the settings menu, and instead just add a notice > that CTRL-ALT-L (or whatever) will lock the screen. > > The security issue is not that there isn't an effective automatic lock, > but that the software creates a false and misleading impression that > such a facility exists. That part of the problem could surely be fixed > easily by changing the setting dialog box as suggested. > > My programming days are long over (anyone remember assembly language?), > and I don't know what is involved in removing the "Lock" setting from > the Screensaver/Lock dialog box. If I did know, I'd do it myself. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1226854). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49579 > > Title: > screen doesn't lock when some menu is open > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-screensaver/+bug/49579/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49579 Title: screen doesn't lock when some menu is open To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-screensaver/+bug/49579/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
