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		malloreon on Jan 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A new way to lock your computers: just walk away I have a password on my lock screen, and a hotspot set up in the bottom left corner to engage the lock screen. After a couple weeks, it became automatic to always move the mouse to the hotspot before I stand up.

a3_nm on Jan 20, 2015 [–]

Similar experience here, but I guess the main selling point is to save the effort of typing your password when you return.

nasalgoat on Jan 20, 2015 | | [–]

I'd rather be forced to type my password than just be in proximity to unlock.

Similar to how using a fingerprint for access is a bad idea.

shoowack on Jan 20, 2015 | | [–]

Exactly!

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