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emeni is offline emeni
2010-03-25 , 19:47
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#31
Originally Posted by ossipena View Post
it just crossed my mind: one can write simple application that shows password dialog. then modify all icons you need to have password protected and voila. doesn't help if someone knows how to start conversations etc from a command line....

e: I mean the application listens what application must be executed(conversations) and prompts for a password. if password is correct, it executes conversations or whatever.

ee: added this to brainstorm
awesome idea. Honestly, many of my friends don't know anything about linux, hell, I don't know anything about linux. The main idea is that you want to lend people the phone, or they take it from the table to look through it. in that can you don't have time to tell them, man let me sign out and log you in as a guest. They just want to look around, and you don't have time to babysit them. Of course, if you see them sliding the keyboard and starting to type you realize that they might be in terminal so you slap them, but the average joe won't do that.

There are applications for this on almost every phone (default or aftermarket). I just want them not to be able to see my conversations, my emails and my pictures/videos from the GUI.
 
scoobied is offline scoobied
2010-03-26 , 13:26
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#32
This sounds like a good idea to me - purely as I receive a daily text from my bank about cash coming into and (mostly) out of my account. I used to transfer these into a file on my n96 to keep a modicum of privacy but can't work out a way to do this on the N900. As a previous poster said I'm not after a military level of security just enough to keep casual eyes away
 
shaf is offline shaf
2010-04-22 , 17:02
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#33
still nothing on this?
 
jazzmadrazz is offline jazzmadrazz
2010-04-22 , 19:32
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#34
Originally Posted by white_ranger View Post
I don't know why, but when i give my n900 to some of my friends, the first thing they do is enter the Conversations. Is there a way to put a password on it?
WIthout having looked into it at all, what if you:
1. Created a shell script
2. which you (an your friends) launch (from the desktop or app menu) instead of "Conversations"
3. the script would query for a password via some UI mechanism (e.g. zenity if that exists for Maemo?)
4. validate that, and then launch the actual Conversations tool assuming it's good.

This is in no way foolproof but it would stop the "just want to click to see what it is and -- ouupppss they did WHAT? OMG .." kinda stuff ..
 
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