Automatic Obfuscation of Sensitive Information in Notifications Presented While an Electronic Device is not Being Attended to by an Authorized User

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor of an electronic device, a notification comprising sensitive information;
• determining that a notification setting of the electronic device further includes dynamic obfuscation of the sensitive information when a presence of an authorized user of the electronic device is not confirmed;
• in response to the notification setting including dynamic obfuscation of the sensitive information:
• automatically obfuscating the sensitive information from being presented during presentation of the notification;
• and
• presenting a modified notification on at least one output device of the electronic device, wherein the modified notification includes the received notification with the sensitive information obfuscated.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions that when executed by a processor of an electronic device comprising at least one output device comprising a display, configure the electronic device to perform functions comprising:

• receiving, by the processor of the electronic device, a notification comprising sensitive information;
• determining that a notification setting of the electronic device further includes dynamic obfuscation of the sensitive information when a presence of an authorized user of the electronic device is not confirmed;
• in response to the notification setting including dynamic obfuscation of the sensitive information:
• automatically obfuscating the sensitive information from being presented during presentation of the notification;
• and
• presenting a modified notification on one of the at least one output device of the electronic device, wherein the modified notification includes the received notification with the sensitive information obfuscated.