On Thu, 2015-04-23 at 00:36 +0200, Luigi Toscano wrote:
>> I would rather keep it as it. Especially for laptops. Does
your
phone locks
>> automatically or not? It's the same IMHO.
>
> Your phone turns off the screen to save battery, and may optionally
lock
> for security against theft (though I don't know of any that do this
by
> default). A desktop is a completely different use case.
Security is an important reason for locking phones; pattern-based lock
is
quite widespread, and I think that encrypted phones are going to be
more and
more common (with obvious need for a locker).
None of which is relevant to Linux desktops, as I was trying to point
out.
A laptop is not a different use case (security).
A laptop may or may not be different, depending on context. Lots of
people just leave them in one (secure) place all the time, and when they
want to keep prying eyes away they shut the lid. That is when a lock
should be applied, not just because of some timeout. Remember we're
talking about the default case.
A desktop, maybe (in company yes, at home it depends :)
In a company maybe, at home maybe.
poc