Less scary Device Lock Dialog [answered]
asked 2015-01-12 23:14:16 +0300
Hi, I'm looking at the Device Lock dialog in settings and it's quite scary:
1) There is only one entry field for the PIN code
2) Digits are only shown briefly, then turn into *
For paranoids like me, who are afraid of mistyping, could this be changed to:
1) Allow the code to be displayed without *, so after entering the code it is shown in clear in full; and/or
2) Having a second PIN entry field, which checks that the second PIN is identical to the first; and/or
3) Blink the complete, unhidden code for a few seconds after entering a code, like hotel safes do.
This would allow the user to be able to double-check before making some change that could make the device inaccessible, when setting the pin.
(Note that this is not about entering the PIN after a reboot, it is about setting the PIN, which can be done when the user is sure to be in a safe environment with no third party looking over your shoulder etc.).
