Comment 2 for bug 460490

Sorry, didn't mean to make it private...

2009/10/26 Matthew Paul Thomas <email address hidden>

> The current behavior is a deliberate and publicly-known design choice,
> so this bug report does not need to be private.
>
> I agree with you that it is a poor design choice, and private-by-default
> would be better.
>
> Discussions elsewhere:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1210175
> http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/6106/
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecureHome
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/secure-home
>
> ** Visibility changed to: Public
>
> --
> Everyone has read access to user's home directories by default
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460490
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>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: New
>
> Bug description:
> Mac OS X takes the proper approach of giving each user a "Public" folder
> that is read-only to everyone, and restricting access to all other folders.
> As it stands in Ubuntu, documents, pictures, movies, even saved passwords,
> etc... are accessible to everyone with an account on the same computer.
> Security by default and vulnerability by choice is a much better approach.
>