Review Request 122511: [screenlocker] Clear password field whenever the visibility changes

[Sebastian Kügler]

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FWIW, I think that's a good idea. As David says, make sure to have it work for VT switches, if possible, as that's I think an important aspect of this feature. (Although the 30 seconds delay alleviates this attack vector.)

- Sebastian Kügler


On Feb. 10, 2015, 1:19 p.m., Martin Gräßlin wrote:
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> (Updated Feb. 10, 2015, 1:19 p.m.)
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> Review request for Plasma.
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> Bugs: 326633
>     https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326633
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> Repository: plasma-workspace
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> Description
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> This ensures that the password field is cleared if the user changes
> to the switch session entry. It's a kind of "protect user from own
> stupidity" change. If the user enters the password, then decides to
> switch user any user would be able to unlock the session.
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> [screenlocker] Clear password field after an idle timeout
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> Clear the password field if no input happened for 30 sec. This is
> intended for cases that the user starts entering the password and
> then moves away from the system leaving it in a state where anyone
> could unlock the session by just pressing enter.
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> BUG: 326633
> FIXED-IN: 5.3.0
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> Diffs
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>   lookandfeel/contents/lockscreen/LockScreen.qml e8997a846dc5ad93e7a1f90c7aa4697ebbc2a67d 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/122511/diff/
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> Testing
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> Thanks,
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> Martin Gräßlin
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