iOS - Security - App content is 100% visible for a moment before the app lock screen appears
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- Dominant language
- Swift
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Description
Actions Performed
Logged in
- Open the app
- Go to the app tab More
- Open Settings
- Activate the PIN lock protection for the app
- Navigate to documents and open any document with some content
- Send app to background
- Wait a while
- Open the app
Expected Result
No access to app content for unauthorized users
Actual Result
The app content, for example the currently opened document, or the overview page like image gallery etc., is 100% visible for a moment before the app lock screen appears. It is also possible to screenshot or screencast the content in this moment
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file or test is named in the issue. First reproduce the background-and-reopen flow with PIN protection enabled, then trace the iOS app-lock transition when returning from the background. Done means app content cannot be viewed, screenshotted, or screencast before the lock screen appears.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ios, swift
- Domain
- mobile-dev, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100