On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 08:34:02PM -0500, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
> Marius Gedminas wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 09:47:19AM -0500, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
> >> When I hit the power button and select "lock device", I get an unlock
> >> dialog on the screen. And it *stays* on the screen, overnight, in my bag,
> >> wherever, until I unlock the device. That's unexpected behavior; it uses
> >> power (backlighting is on).
> >
> > Hm. Looks like a bug to me. The screen should turn off after the usual
> > timeout, in my opinion.
>
> How long is that, and is it configurable?
3 minutes IIRC and yes. Control panel -> Display -> Switch off display.
> It was off when I pulled out
> of my bag just now, so apparently it does shut off eventually (and when
> I touched the screen the unlock keypad came back up, so the battery
> isn't just dead :-)).
The device is very good at seamless power savings, but it's possible to
install buggy applications that aren't smart enough to sleep when they
should and drain the battery faster.
> > I normally use "Lock touch screen and keys", but perhaps that's not
> > secure enough for you.
>
> Yeah, it's not. The configurations for this have all my email passwords
> and such in them, and there may be ssh-agent with important keys active,
> and such. Leading possibly not only to my own servers, but to servers
> belonging to clients or such. Also my credit card numbers and the
> account pins and all that. So I try for fairly good security.
pwsafe is good for credit card numbers & pins -- it always requires a
password after about a minute of inactivity.
Your point is very valid for email passwords and ssh keys. Hm...
Marius Gedminas
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