Ubuntu
indicator-network package

able to view and change indicators without unlocking phone

Bug #1369453 reported by James Hunt on 2014-09-15

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1358340: [Indicators] Complete greeter profiles. Edit Remove

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This bug affects 1 person

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
indicator-datetime (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Critical	Unassigned
indicator-location (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	High	Unassigned
indicator-network (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	High	Antti Kaijanmäki

Bug Description

This is a pretty significant security issue that affects:

- networking - able to switch networks without entering pin to unlock phone
- GPS - can toggle.
- bluetooth - can toggle.
- upcoming events - can view.

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James Hunt (jamesodhunt) wrote on 2014-09-15:

phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ cat /etc/ubuntu-build
40
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ cat /etc/device-build
20140908-d8c11f3
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$

krillin.

information type:

Public → Public Security

Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) on 2014-09-15

Changed in indicator-location (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed
Changed in indicator-network (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed
Changed in indicator-datetime (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed
importance:	Undecided → Critical
Changed in indicator-location (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High
Changed in indicator-network (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High
tags:	added: rtm14

Antti Kaijanmäki (kaijanmaki) on 2014-09-23

Changed in indicator-network (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Antti Kaijanmäki (kaijanmaki)

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Ted Gould (ted) wrote on 2014-09-29:

So by default we're allowing the indicators to be visible. There's settings in the system settings to hide the data that you don't want to go out into the greeter:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityAndPrivacySettings#Phone

Not all the modes are implemented yet, so I'm going mark this a duplicate of the work there.