Screen Saver Bug # 560298

[Henry Dubb]

<sarcasm> What is even more irritating than a screensaver lock is the
computer asking me for a password when I log on. Yes, it can be changed, but
I still have to put in my password when installing software and doing
system sensitive activities. Windows never makes me do this. </sarcasm>

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 04/11/2010 11:31 PM, Tom H wrote:
> >> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Karl Larsen<klarsen1 at gmail.com>
>  wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 04/11/2010 07:54 PM, Tom H wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Karl Larsen<klarsen1 at gmail.com>
>  wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Just because you are MUCH smarter than I, I do have a problem
> >>>>> with this. By the way the bug is alive and a couple of Ubuntu experts
> >>>>> are verifying what I wrote. I know they will. If it was you, you
> would
> >>>>> try to hide this. It has happened many times. But not this time.
> >>>>>
> >>>> The bug was updated because of standard triage not developer interest.
> >>>>
> >>>> If I were you, I would apologize for wasting the developers' time and
> >>>> close it. I have just installed Karmic and it has exactly the same
> >>>> screensaver setting (and Jaunty, Intrepid, Hardy, ... probably had it
> >>>> too); a five-minute grace period is almost too long from a security
> >>>> perspective.
> >>>>
> >>> My computer is in my shop and no person can even see it. I have all
> >>> my versions turned off because I retired with a good nest egg 20 years
> >>> ago and there is no one trying to find out my information.  The Version
> >>> Lucid 10.04 is the FIRST version to set up the default wait time to 5
> >>> minutes, and set the requirement for a password, and use a see-through
> >>> screen saver. This IS NEW!
> >>>
> >> I have just rechecked the settings. You are right, in Karmic, the
> >> screensaver kicks in after five minutes but it does not lock the
> >> screen.
> >>
> >> It is not a bug though but good design whether your computer is locked
> >> in your basement or not. Your bug will either be ignored or closed as
> >> invalid.
> >>
> > Well it appears the REAL problem was the need to provide a
> > password every 5 minutes. That is quite too much. Yes it is possible
> > since the earlier versions did not require a password, they were just a
> > minor problem until you discovered you could turn off the problem.
> >
> > I can see just, that business people at work would want to make
> > their computers tamper proof or their laptops the same. Ubuntu lets you
> > do this. I object to it being set up this way as a default setup.
>
> You must have noticed the outcry about the window button placement.
> The 1,00s of people who complained here, on the dev-discuss list, on
> Launchpad, in articles and blogs all across the net were unable to
> reverse Canonical's stance. What makes you think that one person
> disagreeing with an even more easily changeable default will have any
> effect?! This is lunacy. Especially since this change makes a Ubuntu
> default install more secure.
>
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