D11773: New plugin: Find this device

[Simon Redman]

sredman added a comment.


  In D11773#237062 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D11773#237062>, @mtijink wrote:
  
  > In D11773#237060 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D11773#237060>, @kossebau wrote:
  >
  > > In D11773#236515 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D11773#236515>, @mtijink wrote:
  > >
  > > > Wouldn't it make more sense to integrate this into the existing "Find my phone" plugin?
  > >
  > >
  > > Perhaps. Depends if people think there are devices which would just be searched *for* or devices which are just searched *from*. In that case one might prefer to have the plugins separated, as proposed initially here.
  > >
  > > For one, any mobile device is candidate both for being searched for and searched from, given their mobile nature :)
  > >  On the other hand, not any connected device and its users should be able to trigger the Find feature for any other connected device (think device for visitors/kids which should not be able to locate host's/mum's phone, but the other way around you want to be able).
  > >
  > > That's why I proposed this as separate plugin, to allow separate enabling in which direction the Find feature works.
  >
  >
  > Why wouldn't you want to ability to find a device? It'll never hurt you if you don't use it, and it gives you less plugins in the list.
  >
  > And if you don't want someone to be able to find a phone, why would you even connect? That doesn't make sense.
  
  
  I think the usecase described by @kossebau makes sense: Mom and Dad have paired with their 10 year old kid's Android device and want to be able to find that device when it falls behind the sofa but don't want the kid to be able to make their computers ring whenever they tell him he can't have a cookie. Being able to switch on Find my Phone but switch off Find this Device makes sense.
  
  Maybe the same usecase be achieved by having settings switches in the Plasmoid so that you could disable a device from being found by another device rather than having two separate plugins?

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