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Posted on 01/11/2017 8:28:11 PM PST by dayglored
Microsoft is working on a new Windows 10 feature that will automatically lock and secure a PC when the operating system detects someone has moved away from the machine. The feature is labelled as Dynamic Lock in recent test builds of Windows 10, and Windows Central reports that Microsoft refers to this as “Windows Goodbye” internally. Microsoft currently uses special Windows Hello cameras to let Windows 10 users log into a PC with just their face.
Big corporations teach employees to use the winkey+L combination to lock machines when they’re idle, but this new feature will make it an automatic process. It’s not clear exactly how Microsoft will detect inactivity, but it’s possible the company could use Windows Hello-compatible machines or detect idle activity and lock the machine accordingly. Windows can already be configured to do this after a set time period, but it appears Microsoft is streamlining this feature into a simple setting for anyone to enable. Microsoft is planning to deliver Dynamic Lock as part of the Windows 10 Creators Update...
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Meh...I’ve been doing this with Linux for years using the bluetooth on my phone. Step away from my desk and it locks. Come back and it unlocks.
Let me know when Windows can cook dinner for you and walk the dog.
Yeah my thought exactly. Big announcement to do what others have been doing for years.
I use Win 10 on my home and work laptop. My work laptop has a short fuse and goes into shutdown fairly quickly (though I haven’t timed it) and makes me log back in. I had no problem telling my home laptop what to do, my nothing has worked with my work laptop. It accepts my settings, but won’t execute.
No Win 10 for me. I’m a Linux user and have been since after Win 7.
Win 10 was the absolute last straw from MSFT for me.
Leni
Tech companies will keep having to make the most absurd updates to seem cutting edge.
No bathroom, no kitchen, no walking to the printer, or the copier or to talk to another worker.
This is the DUMBEST idea i’ve ever heard.
I guess they’re learning from Apple.
This means way more calls to the Helpdesk!
Windows has had problems of not unlocking from Win98 at least!
The fix is to power off the pc and hope you get no errors booting back up. Of course the programs and files you had open will be lost including that complicated Excel file or Word doc with the solution to world peace that you did not save yet.
I had Win 7 and the unwanted updates to prepare me for 10 kept breaking things.
I can’t see ever going back to a MS product unless there are some YUGE changes.
Long live Linux Mint!
how long before windows 10 gets temperamental and moody and won’t talk to us any longer? You know, PCMS- Personal Computer Macro Syndrom
And if your camera is covered, as it should be?
“...Long live Linux Mint!...”
Absolutely! Wiped that MSFT crap off my old “has been” 2012 Dell Latitude laptop. Installed some extra ram, installed a nice new high-speed SSD and then installed Linux Mint Cinnamon 18....runs like a scalded dog....no complaints. The best part of all: Linux is free and it’s fun to play with.
This is just about the stupidest thing I ever heard of if they’re inflicting it on Joe Everyday User.
My Windows 10 already changes settings when I’m not around.
I’m not seeing the difference between this and having the screen lock after a certain amount of time of inactivity. Windows has been doing that for decades.
Gotta be something in it good for Microsoft and bad for their customers (prisoners).
If it runs Windows, it isn’t really your computer per the EULA, is it?
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