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[Michael Terry <michael.terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is already an option in System Settings (Security & Privacy tab
somewhere) that lets you disable the launcher and indicator pulldown.
So you can have the locked down experience you want.  The question is
what is allowed when those options are enabled (as they are by default).

The use case for launching apps from the lockscreen is that as a user,
you think "oh I want to go to facebook", click facebook, we start the
app in the background so that once you enter your passcode, it's sitting
there ready.  Again, Design and Security have already talked about this
feature and were planning to leave it as is.  Please let's not have a
title-editing fight over this.

The use case for re-ordering apps is *likely to be* (Design hasn't
actually chimed in) that the person doing the re-ordering is
overwhelmingly likely to be the owner, rather than some malicious
attacker that just loves to re-order your icons.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1369457

Title:
  Can re-order and un-pin launcher items and launch apps while phone is
  locked

Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
  New
Status in “unity8” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This is atleast a privacy issue but could also be a security depending
  on exactly what apps the user has pinned to their launcher.

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