[Bug 251571] New: Intransparent password caching policy

[Felix Wolfsteller]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251571

           Summary: Intransparent password caching policy
           Product: KDE PIM Mobile
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Maemo 5
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: komo3
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: felix.wolfsteller at intevation.de


The password caching policy is intransparent, leading to situations in which
the careful user might not be willing to enter her password, because she does
not trust the popup (as it popped up for unknown reasons).

Also I havent had this in version 4:4.5~20100910.1175630-1maemo6.1174786, in
earlier versions I was often asked to enter my password after the success
notification of an email-sending operation, which felt weird, too.

One solution would be displaying an introductory text, the first time that
passwords are setup (although this might be experienced as annoying by users),
or link a text from "each and every" passwort entry (a "why do I have to enter
my password now"- button). Optionally, this button might be disabled in a "I
understood - don't ask me again"- fashion.

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