I can reproduce this at will on 10.10 with compiz enabled. Plugging in any external drive - USB Flash drive, iPod/iPhone, external firewire HDD - results in the contents of the desktop + open applications being displayed.
** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/694867 Title: screen is shown if I connect my iPod while locked -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs