Logins are Dead, and Mobile Killed Them

Re:Logins are Dead, and Mobile Killed Them by jiggy2011 on Friday July 13, 2012 @03:28PM (#4241434)

This is part of a deeper problem with most mobile OSes. I might give my phone to somebody so they can make a quick call or look something up online. However, I don't really want them being able to dig through my history or be automatically logged into my email etc.

If I had a child I'd want to be able to let them use my phone but only in a special mode that allowed access to a limited number of whitelisted websites & apps.

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Re:Logins are Dead, and Mobile Killed Them by dredmorbius on Friday July 13, 2012 @03:34PM (#4241469)

Schneier today:

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/07/all-or-nothing... http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/soups/2012/proceedings/a2_Hayashi.pdf

But: yes.

I'd like my phone to offer a few different "shells" of access:

- Emergency calls.

- "Share" or "play" mode. Selected photos or apps.

- "Mobile" -- ready access to stuff I need, but not distractions (the "Car Panel" on some Android phones is somewhat like this, but I'd appreciate if it didn't encourage use while driving).

- "Full" complete and potentially immersive access.

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Re:Logins are Dead, and Mobile Killed Them by maigret on Sunday July 15, 2012 @05:17AM (#4246575)

There are currently a few projects ongoing with enabling VMs on smartphones. The way it was thought is that you would put your corporate stuff on a protected VM that would have no external app install, and the rest (games, social networks...) would be on the "fun" VM. That way, the company data would be better protected.

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Re:Logins are Dead, and Mobile Killed Them by TheGateKeeper on Saturday July 14, 2012 @01:16AM (#4243204)

This isn't a popular sentiment but the way I solve this is not to let anyone borrow or touch my devices.

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