Microsoft Prepares Group Policy Changes to Enable Human Presence Control in Windows 10 Sun Valley

Little by little we are learning about some of the improvements that will arrive with Windows 10 21H2 or what is the same, Sun Valley, the name by which we now know it. And although it won't officially arrive until autumn, possible improvements are being revealed, such as this one that adds human presence control to improve security.

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Microsoft had added an API for a function called Human presence and in fact some brands already adopt it in some of their computers. Now it is the turn of Windows 10, which with the fall update can add this improvement so that the operating system detects our presence and strengthens security accordingly."

Dynamic blocking if we are absent

What this system does is allow the operating system to detect the presence of the user and adapt the security, so that it is not the user experience is affected.

Now, in one of the Builds released by the company a change in group policies has been noticed that allows administrators to the one that the equipment is blocked automatically when the user is absent. A function presumably based on the use of the Windows Hello camera, but also supported by portable devices such as smartphones or watches that connect via Bluetooth.

Microsoft is working on three new settings for Windows 10 related to computer security when away from home:

• Force instant lock: a system that when enabled allows automatic blocking if we leave the PC for a specified time. It can also detect the distance and lock the device automatically.
• Force instant wake: With this system contactless login is allowed when returning to the PC.
• Lock timeout: The ability to determine how long to wait before unlocking.

Although already present on some computers, with the arrival of Sun Valley, Microsoft will include these options by default in the group policy editorregardless of the OEM that then mounts the operating system.

Via | Windows Latest