On Friday, September 5, 2014, Quincey Morris < quinceymor...@rivergatesoftware.com> wrote:
> On Sep 5, 2014, at 10:15 , Britt Durbrow < > bdurb...@rattlesnakehillsoftworks.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > If I can’t find an officially supported way to do this, then yeah - > that’s what I figure I’ll have to do. I was trying to avoid it due to user > experience issues; requiring a second login, etc is cumbersome every time > somebody wants to record something in the app… <sigh> Oh well... > > It was never a workable idea, though. It’d be just as bad for a user to > set a password of ‘123456’ as having no password, for example, and there’d > never be an API that *told* you what the password was so you could check if > it was good enough. Similarly, you’d never have a way of checking that the > current screensaver actually *obscured* the screen contents. That's very true - my current screensaver for example applies visual effects to my screen - it distorts, but does not obscure, my screen contents. Under HIPAA your idea was never workable due to practical limitations. > > Given the rumors floating around about next week’s grand revelation event, > you might also want to hold off making any decisions until you see what > Apple will have to offer. With Health Kit, Home Kit, wearables and payments > being bruited, there might turn out to be something secure that would ease > the second-login problem. Second. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com <javascript:;>) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/sevenbitstech%40gmail.com > > This email sent to sevenbitst...@gmail.com <javascript:;> _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
