UI security topic: UI for private activities

[Marco Martin]

On Tuesday 17 January 2012, Ivan Čukić wrote:
> > In the scenario I described above asking for the password everytime the
> > user switches to a private activity does not secure anything. The user
> > is already in front of the tablet all the time, there is no need to ask
> > for the
> 
> It is, because the user might forget that it is unlocked while working
> in a public activity, and give the device to somebody else or leave it
> on the table unlocked.

indeed, i think is pretty important that as soon one switches away from a 
protected activity that gets immediately unmounted, and any applications that 
may have anything open in that, terminated, otherwise is just like not having 
anything ;)

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Marco Martin