Don't lock device on trusted wlan

asked 2014-07-22 01:42:35 +0300

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updated 2014-07-22 23:02:47 +0300

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I have never used device lock on any of my previous phones, but in these days I'm getting a bit more wary. However I do very rarely leave my own wlan and I would find it extremely annoying if I should unlock my phone with a 5+ digit code every time I look up something. Hence my request for disabling device lock on a "trusted wlan". It would require:

  • Defining a network as trusted.
  • Defining what a trusted network is. I assume a combination of SSID and MAC-address with which you have successfully associated would be a good start - and enough security for me even though they can be spoofed. People worried about that could just not use the option.
  • Keeping a list of "trusted" networks and the ability to edit them and associating the lock behaviour to them.

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This could be related to https://together.jolla.com/question/1685/we-need-a-scheduler-or-automation-tool-like-profilematic-or-situations/ if a 'keep-the-phone-unlocked' action is implemented.

gexc ( 2014-07-22 13:25:49 +0300 )

Indeed it could. Hadn't seen that entry.

Tanghus ( 2014-07-22 13:49:53 +0300 )

In order to improve on the security aspect, should we maybe require to be successfully associated with the network for this?

That would make spoofing harder. Not impossible of course.

nephros ( 2014-07-22 18:07:25 +0300 )

@nephros Yes, I failed to mention that. Thanks. Feel free to update the post.

Tanghus ( 2014-07-22 18:18:26 +0300 )

any progress with profilmatic like tool?

scribe ( 2014-12-24 01:02:24 +0300 )
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