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crism
05-28-2010, 04:10 PM
Wouldn't be nice to have some control about what a user can access on ones N900. It would be nice to manage multiple user accounts just like a regular OS, e.g. by defining a 'Guest' user with limited device access in order to limit the access to e-mails, conversations, and/or other private data.

This would be useful if you lend your phone to another person who asks you to use your phone for internet access but you don't want him/her to snoop around your private e-mails when you're not around.

After all, the N900 is a little computer not necessarily used only by one person all the time.

resplendent2209
05-28-2010, 04:19 PM
Too good a feature to have.

Btw Motoblur on Motorola does the same right?

ossipena
05-28-2010, 04:23 PM
please browse brainstorm through. you might find something familiar there. (read: there is a brainstorm already that includes this)

crism
05-28-2010, 04:31 PM
Indeed there is:

http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/view/protecting_private_content_when_loaning_device/

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=33414&highlight=account
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=33178