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>* When the GUI is locked, activating new USB devices or even activating a connection via a cable to the ethernet port should be delayed until it is unlocked an
by csydas 10y ago
>* When the GUI is locked, activating new USB devices or even activating a connection via a cable to the ethernet port should be delayed until it is unlocked and (optionally) the user confirms that it's ok.
> * New unknown network devices should require confirmation
These two are the most confusing behavior from current OSes for me - I understand why there is network activity happening while machines are locked for some processes, but I am not entirely sure I understand loading new hardware devices when in a locked state and/or without user interaction of some sort. This suggests an oversight in my mind, and my feeble mind can't think of good reasons why it is this way.
The same issue with new network interfaces - it seems like it's a very intentional action that should be done by the user and not something that should happen automatically, and especially not in a locked state.
Would the same behavior happen on a least privilege account or even a restricted privilege account like something with parental controls enabled? I know that software changes are controlled via this, but hardware changes being allowed seems unusual.