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[Diego Berrocal <CestDiego@xxxxxxxxx>]

I can confirm this too, the first time it happened I freaked out, my
workaround is to  change input methods in the icon in the top panel. But
this should be like this, I agree that no lockscreen should behave like
this. This only happens with Google Chrome. As I have the vimium
extension too I find to my surprise that I was opening a web page with
half of my password on it. I mean, c'mon that's not secure.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1348668

Title:
  Unity lockscreen lets applications capture keyboard input

Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I noticed that with the Vimium extension activated in Google Chrome, I
  cannot unlock Unity's lockscreen because keyboard input is hijacked by
  Vimium. The lockscreen really should not let this happen, and it can
  even be considered a potential security vulnerability as it might
  allow applications to capture a user's password.

  I have noticed this before as well when using another application,
  though I can't remember which one it was at the moment.

  The workaround is to use the mouse to choose the Switch user-option,
  but this is really not obvious to anyone who might encounter this bug.

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