Re: silence audio on locked screen?

2021-09-30 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 8:03 AM wrote: > On Wednesday, September 29, 2021 11:34:42 PM David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 29 Sep 2021 at 16:48:11 (+1300), Richard Hector wrote: > > > As I say, I consider this to be a security flaw - people can hear > > > something of what my computer's doing when I'm

Re: silence audio on locked screen?

2021-09-30 Thread rhkramer
On Wednesday, September 29, 2021 11:34:42 PM David Wright wrote: > On Wed 29 Sep 2021 at 16:48:11 (+1300), Richard Hector wrote: > > As I say, I consider this to be a security flaw - people can hear > > something of what my computer's doing when I'm not there and it's > > supposedly locked. > > >

Re: silence audio on locked screen?

2021-09-29 Thread David Wright
On Wed 29 Sep 2021 at 16:48:11 (+1300), Richard Hector wrote: > As I say, I consider this to be a security flaw - people can hear > something of what my computer's doing when I'm not there and it's > supposedly locked. > > Do others agree with that? No (ie I concur with Dan). > Also, I don't

Re: silence audio on locked screen?

2021-09-29 Thread Dan Ritter
Richard Hector wrote: > However, I'm reluctant to embark on one-off efforts, partly because I don't > understand enough of the underlying structure, and partly because it only > solves it for me (if I understood more, maybe I could contribute back, but I > don't). > > As I say, I consider this

Re: silence audio on locked screen?

2021-09-28 Thread Richard Hector
On 28/09/21 11:33 pm, Dan Ritter wrote: Richard Hector wrote: On 27/09/21 11:39 pm, Dan Ritter wrote: > > One option is to run a mute and stop-playing command immediately > on screensaver interaction. > > For XFCE4, that's as easy as adding a panel object which runs an > application,

Re: silence audio on locked screen?

2021-09-28 Thread Dan Ritter
Richard Hector wrote: > On 27/09/21 11:39 pm, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > One option is to run a mute and stop-playing command immediately > > on screensaver interaction. > > > > For XFCE4, that's as easy as adding a panel object which runs an > > application, pointing that at a script, and

Re: silence audio on locked screen?

2021-09-28 Thread Richard Hector
On 27/09/21 11:39 pm, Dan Ritter wrote: Richard Hector wrote: I'm using buster with xfce4, pulseaudio, and (I think) light-locker. When I lock my screen, audio continues to play (and system sounds are still heard). This seems to me like a way to leak information, and is also annoying to

Re: silence audio on locked screen?

2021-09-27 Thread Dan Ritter
Richard Hector wrote: > I'm using buster with xfce4, pulseaudio, and (I think) light-locker. > > When I lock my screen, audio continues to play (and system sounds are still > heard). > > This seems to me like a way to leak information, and is also annoying to > anyone nearby. It's then annoying

Re: silence audio on locked screen?

2021-09-27 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 27.09.2021 07:20, Richard Hector wrote: Hi all, I'm using buster with xfce4, pulseaudio, and (I think) light-locker. When I lock my screen, audio continues to play (and system sounds are still heard). This seems to me like a way to leak information, and is also annoying to anyone

silence audio on locked screen?

2021-09-26 Thread Richard Hector
Hi all, I'm using buster with xfce4, pulseaudio, and (I think) light-locker. When I lock my screen, audio continues to play (and system sounds are still heard). This seems to me like a way to leak information, and is also annoying to anyone nearby. It's then annoying for me when I discover