Activating an electronic privacy screen during display of sensitve information
One embodiment provides a method including: receiving, on a display device, a request to display data; detecting, using a processor, a factor indicating a need for privacy; activating, based on the detecting, a privacy filter of the display device; and displaying, on the display device, the data. Other aspects are described and claimed.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, on a display device, a request to display data;
detecting, using a processor, whether a factor indicating a need for privacy is present;
activating, responsive to detecting that a factor indicating a need for privacy is present, an electronic privacy filter of the display device; and
displaying, on the display device, the data with the electronic privacy filter, wherein the data with the electronic privacy filter is viewable by a user.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the factor comprises the display device location.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the detecting comprises determining, based on the display device location, if the device is in a predetermined area.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the detecting comprises determining that the device is moving above a threshold speed.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the activating comprises modifying a hardware aspect of the display device.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the factor is selected from the group consisting of metadata corresponding to the data to be displayed and the data to be displayed.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the metadata comprises security data.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the security data comprises location data.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the security data is determined during creation of the data to be displayed; and
wherein the security data is modifiable by a user.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the security data is determined during creation of the data to be displayed; and
wherein the security data is not modifiable by a user.
11. An information handling device, comprising:
a processor;
a display device;
a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
receive a request to display a data;
detect whether a factor indicating a need for privacy is present;
activate, responsive to detecting that a factor indicating a need for privacy is present, an electronic privacy filter of the display device; and
display, on the display device the data with the electronic privacy filter, wherein the data with the electronic privacy filter is viewable by a user.
12. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the factor comprises the display device location.
13. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the detecting comprises determining, based on the display device location, if the device is in a predetermined area.
14. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the detecting comprises determining, based on the device location, if the device is in a predetermined area.
15. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the detecting comprises determining, that the device is moving above a threshold speed.
16. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the activating comprises modifying a hardware aspect of the display device.
17. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the factor is selected from the group consisting of metadata corresponding to the data to be displayed.
18. The information handling device of claim 17 , wherein the metadata comprises security data; and
wherein the security data comprises location data.
19. The information handling device of claim 17 , wherein the metadata comprises security data determined during creation of the data to be displayed; and
wherein the security data has a characteristic selected from the group consisting of: being modifiable by a user and not being modifiable by a user.
20. A product, comprising:
a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:
code that receives, at an input device, a request to display data;
code that detects whether a factor indicating a need for privacy is present;
code that activates, responsive to detecting that a factor indicating a need for privacy is present, an electronic privacy filter of the display device; and
code that displays, on the display device, the data with the electronic privacy filter, wherein the data with the electronic privacy filter is viewable by a user.