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Seth, thanks for the reference to bug 49579. I can see it's a messy issue.
I don't have a problem with manually locking the screen, especially as I have worked in secure Defence facilities where that is standard pracrtice.
But I do have a problem with a software interface that falsely claims to provide a facility which in fact doesn't work correctly if at all.
To get rid of the immediate problem, distros could get rid of the broken "Lock" setting from the settings menu, and instead just add a notice that CTRL-ALT-L (or whatever) will lock the screen.
The security issue is not that there isn't an effective automatic lock, but that the software creates a false and misleading impression that such a facility exists.
My programming days are long over (anyone remember assembly language?), and I don't know what is involved in removing the "Lock" setting from the Screensaver/Lock dialog box. If I did know, I'd do it myself.