https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=346741

--- Comment #11 from Giorgio <gio...@yahoo.it> ---
(In reply to Holger from comment #10)
> so let's wait what the kscreenlocker maintainer thinks on the topic.
Does it exist? 
Bug has been opened more than FOUR ! years ago and I don't see a single answer
from KDE maintainers.
(In reply to Holger from comment #5)
> (In reply to Giorgio from comment #4)
> > KDE in mobile device with autostart ??????
> 
> "mobile" in sense of "portable" as: netbook, notebook, laptop
> 
> > Suspend to RAM just after having switched on ? 
> 
> No, not necessarily. I meant you to prepare for your presentation by opening
> and arranging all needed programs at home, suspend your device and wake it
> up the moment you need it. Waking up is quite fast and you can make it query
> for the password.
> 
> > Encrypted hard drive?
> > 
> > May be my english knowledge is quite low but I don't see any relation with
> > this bug.
> 
> Hard-drive encryption also requires a password. People likely dislike
> entering first the hard-drive password and second the login password, so
> auto-login without password is perfectly sensible if you are using
> hard-drive encryption. On the other hand, if you don't use hard-drive
> encryption, the requested feature of auto-login + locked screen provides a
> false semblance of security, while the device can easily be compromised.
> 
> In short:
> - the original request is a security anti-feature
> - suspend2RAM will hopefully be an acceptable workaround (security-wise as
> well as usability-wise)

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