Networked device access control

A tangible computer readable storage medium that stores a computer program for remotely initiating a computer apparatus, the computer program, when executed by a processor, causing the computer apparatus to perform a process comprising:

• receiving, over a network, confirmation of a detected and authenticated presence of a user remote from the computer apparatus;
• logging in to a dedicated user resource that will be implemented using the computer apparatus in a protected workstate that prevents access to the computer apparatus until a local presence of the user is detected and authenticated;
• unprotecting the workstate of the computer apparatus upon confirmation of the local presence of the user, and
• allowing access to the user upon unprotecting the workstate of the computer apparatus.

A computer apparatus, comprising:

• a memory that stores instructions, and
• a processor that executes the instructions,
• wherein, when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, over a network, confirmation of a detected and authenticated presence of a user remote from the computer apparatus;
• logging in to a dedicated user resource that will be implemented using the computer apparatus in a protected workstate that prevents access to the computer apparatus until a local presence of the user is detected and authenticated;
• unprotecting the workstate of the computer apparatus upon confirmation of the local presence of the user, and
• allowing access to the user upon unprotecting the workstate of the computer apparatus.