Can I add a password for KUAL?

[TheFattie]

I'd really like to know if there's any way to protect KUAL via a password, rather than locking the entire Kindle

[eschwartz]

No, and I can't see why you'd want one.

If you can get into the userstore because the whole thing isn't password-protected, you have an endless number of ways to circumvent any password that could be implemented in KUAL itself.

security though obscurity != security

[Gabbb]

I'd see a gain in having password for KUAL, it would certainly protect my kindle while left on an office desk from getting bricked by a random office lady checking out font options in Kual :-) (or from the neighbor kid holding it for 5 minutes & doing random things)

[shalym]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

No, and I can't see why you'd want one.

If you can get into the userstore because the whole thing isn't password-protected, you have an endless number of ways to circumvent any password that could be implemented in KUAL itself.

security though obscurity != security

As Gabbb said, it would be useful in the case of protecting from accidental harm in the case of loaning your Kindle to a friend/family member.

I always worry more about people doing things *accidentally*. I tend not to assume the worst about people...especially people that I'm loaning my Kindle to.

Shari

[shamanNS]

You should always expect the least probable thing. My father managed to trigger entry to diagnostics mode (Kindle has Coward's rescue pack installed) in first 5 days of using it. While I in 6 years of owning Kindles have never had Kindle discharge completely, so I didn't even consider warning him about that, to not try to power it on while it charging.
Fortunately he didn't try pressing any of the menu options in diagnostics
After that I've made sure to show him how KUAL looks and how to exit from it and warned him not to press any off the KUAL buttons. I've also changed the Home view filter from "All items" to "Books" Also had to remove all saved WiFi SSIDs to avoid having the firmware updated because somehow my father keeps turning off Airplane mode.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Gabbb

I'd see a gain in having password for KUAL, it would certainly protect my kindle while left on an office desk from getting bricked by a random office lady checking out font options in Kual :-) (or from the neighbor kid holding it for 5 minutes & doing random things)

Set a password on the Kindle itself -- why are they doing random things on a device that doesn't belong to them?

Besides, I don't think any of the default font settings exposed by the KUAL controls are capable of bricking your device -- you need to apply custom configurations for that to be a risk.

Originally Posted by shalym

As Gabbb said, it would be useful in the case of protecting from accidental harm in the case of loaning your Kindle to a friend/family member.

I always worry more about people doing things *accidentally*. I tend not to assume the worst about people...especially people that I'm loaning my Kindle to.

Shari

Lending out your Kindle? Okay, temporarily delete KUAL.

[knc1]

the KUAL menu system is a single active content document.
Kindles only look in /documents for things to display.

I.E: Just move the KUAL document somewhere else (or delete it).