https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492735

            Bug ID: 492735
           Summary: lock screen "After waking from sleep" is a
                    fundamentally flawed approach
    Classification: Plasma
           Product: kscreenlocker
           Version: 6.0.5
          Platform: Other
                OS: Other
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
          Reporter: kdeb...@toeai.com
  Target Milestone: ---

Issues with screen locking have plagued KDE for 20+ years.  And it still seems
like we're missing something in the way this critical feature is implemented.

If you go to "Screen Locking" under the "Security & Privacy" section of System
Settings, you will see a checkbox that allows you to "Lock screen
automatically:" "After waking from sleep".

That should not be an option.  The option should be "Before sleeping" or
suspending or however you want to word it.

According to Martin Flöser in bug 388384: "The screen is supposed to be locked
before going to suspend. In fact the lock screen ensures that suspending gets
delayed till the screen is locked."

So why, nearly 7 years later, do we still have that as the option?  Why in 2024
on a fresh install of Manjaro do I still often see my revealed desktop and open
applications for a second when the computer wakes up, before the lock screen
appears?

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