[Bug 281423] New: security concern: implementation of an login and unlock screen with a password

[Robby Engelmann]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281423

           Summary: security concern: implementation of an login and
                    unlock screen with a password
           Product: Active
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: openSUSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Plasma mobile shell
        AssignedTo: notmart at gmail.com
        ReportedBy: robby.engelmann at igfs-ev.de
                CC: active at kde.org


Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.7.0) 
OS:                Linux

I read, it is planned to let kwallet work passwordless.
Up to now, even login and unlock, all must work without a password. For minimal
security (especially important for mobile devices in my eyes) at least one
password should be needed to login/unlock the device. Otherwise, everybody who
steel the device is able to access all passwords in kwallet and all data. In my
feeling this would be important even for a first release.

In later releases, it should be considered to implement a mechanism for
disk/partition encryption.

Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
I would expect that a mobile device should be as safe as possible.

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