What is idle time out ?

Question

give some examples

Answer 1

#timeout

The (idle) time out mostly used for keep your private sphere in safe (as i know).

Krysto Foxik had good example, but it's also working on email addresses, any accounts of social media, learning systems (like learning system of an university), so may everywhere it can be used where you are using private datas.

The point is that if you leave the actual webpage /screen where you were using your private datas, there after a time, the system would log out you from it, to avoid that any person would be able to use it by like impersonating you.

So i think this 'feature' is so good and useful. 😉👍

Answer 2

If I'm correct:

You log into your bank account online, then you leave your computer because you had to do something else but that's the point,
without idle time out your computer would stay logged in and anyone could just use it.
But with it, computer gets automatically disconnected from your bank account because it have been a long time from last activity

Its just to keep people's account safe