Comment 16 for bug 713198

It's a shame that data-loss wasn't reason enough to get it fixed. It took a much more obscure security bug, one that's very unlikely to occur in the real world. The data-loss angle is an everyday risk: press the power button, expecting to get prompted to shutdown, and watch all your X apps get killed, instead.

Hey, I'm glad they fixed the security aspect, but let's be realistic here: If a user has the ability to run processes on the system, and the system is a laptop or desktop running KDE 4, most likely the user has physical access to the system, and he could snoop-on or erase data without having to jump through such obscure hoops. On the other hand, the data-loss aspect could happen because of a cat or a dog or a two-year-old--or a forgetful adult.

*sigh* Priorities...