Guys today I tried kids corner again after wp 8.1 update and again like wp 8 ,kids corner asks for my phone password to open! Wasn't that bug fixed?
Guys today I tried kids corner again after wp 8.1 update and again like wp 8 ,kids corner asks for my phone password to open! Wasn't that bug fixed?
Here's the use case: I come home from work. My kids want to play with my phone. I unlock it and drop them in to Kid's Corner. They play. They put the phone down to go to the bathroom. The screen times out and turns off. The kids come back. They CAN get back in to Kid's Corner on their own and continue playing -- they do not need the parent to continue playing.I don't know what the use of kids corner if I need to put password for unlocking.
The disappointment is the result of disagreement about what Kid's Corner is supposed to be. There are two groups: GROUP 1 wants Kid's Corner to be a controlled place where kids/guests can use a limited set of apps AFTER being given permission to access that set while GROUP 2 wants Kid's Corner to be a controlled place where kids/guests can use a limited set of apps WITHOUT needing permission to access it.
The group 1 folks are happy. Phone users like that their kids/roommates can't use up all of their battery power gaming without consent. People responsible for IT security at businesses like that their users can't bypass security by providing a "back door" to some apps and data.
The group 2 folks are not happy because they want their phones to be usable by kids/roommates/friends as diversions. A subset of them recognize that the security folks in group 1 don't want them to reveal their PIN to others and so they want Microsoft to add a second PIN for Kid's Corner.
I suspect that something like that will come, but not until disabling the feature or allowing companies to blacklist certain apps from inclusion in Kid's Corner becomes available via Exchange Active Sync or a more advanced Mobile Device Management platform. Being able to prevent what you suggest is necessary in some business settings to ensure that security isn't compromised by exposing protected app data to the unsecured side of the phone.SImple... create a toggle in Kids Corner settings to require the pin or not.
I suspect that something like that will come, but not until disabling the feature or allowing companies to blacklist certain apps from inclusion in Kid's Corner becomes available via Exchange Active Sync or a more advanced Mobile Device Management platform. Being able to prevent what you suggest is necessary in some business settings to ensure that security isn't compromised by exposing protected app data to the unsecured side of the phone.
If an organization needs to be compliant with healthcare or financial regulations, they either have to have to a way to prevent their employees from "getting around the security" or they need to ban Windows Phone. Right now, we don't need to give enterprises easy excuses to keep WP away.
What gap? The issue that I was writing about does not exist. It would exist IF they allowed Kid's Corner to be accessed without a PIN, but they don't.this is the exact reason I am the Only one that got a WP device approved at the company I work for. After it was approved, I got it and then they discovered this gap.
I think that some of the folks who want Kid's Corner to be accessible without a PIN now accept that having that would create a security problem in some environments. To address that, they are offering up the idea of blacklisting certain apps from Kid's Corner. This blacklist would allow a firm to keep its enterprise apps that access corporate data out of an "unprotected" Kid's Corner, so that Microsoft could provide users with an "unprotect" switch for Kid's Corner.I am sorry, but I fail to see the actual problem. Since you cannot bypass lock/passcode policies by enabling kid's corner, why exactly would it improve security to be able to blacklist apps from there?