Re:Lock Your Mac with a Bluetooth Proximity Sensor
by tzs on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @06:15PM
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> As a result your screen will be locked until you move back in range of your Mac. At that point it will unlock on its own. Almost magical!
That's asking for trouble. It's too easy to step away with something embarrassing or incriminating on your screen expecting to return alone, and end up returning to the computer with someone who should not see that screen.
Unlocking should require (at least optionally) something more than your mere presence, such as a PIN. Unlocking should then work this way:
• if the correct Bluetooth device is near, the PIN is necessary and sufficient,
• if the correct Bluetooth device is not near, unlocking requires something more complex than a simple PIN, such as the logged in user's password.
That's asking for trouble. It's too easy to step away with something embarrassing or incriminating on your screen expecting to return alone, and end up returning to the computer with someone who should not see that screen.
Unlocking should require (at least optionally) something more than your mere presence, such as a PIN. Unlocking should then work this way:
• if the correct Bluetooth device is near, the PIN is necessary and sufficient,
• if the correct Bluetooth device is not near, unlocking requires something more complex than a simple PIN, such as the logged in user's password.