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freeplay a day ago

You want to be able to launch apps without unlocking your phone? Slippery slope.

kevin_thibedeau a day ago | parent | next [-]

Camera app does it.

derefr a day ago | parent [-]

Nope; the lockscreen camera is actually an entirely different app, or not-quite-app thing. (Note what happens when you open the camera roll in the lockscreen camera.)

throwaway894345 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

If the app doesn't have any sensitive information, then yes. We already do this with home screen widgets today, so clearly there's no real barrier.

zamalek a day ago | parent [-]

Apps can have vulnerabilities (intentional or not). It's a contrived example, but maybe some weather app has a custom icon feature, which means you can then browse photos by opening it on the lock screen and going to that setting.

throwaway894345 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Widgets can't have vulnerabilities?

zamalek 6 hours ago | parent [-]

They can, but scope and features increase surface area: their limited functionality intrinsically limits that.