Ubuntu
adduser package

  1. Bug #48734
  2. Comment #37

Comment 37 for bug 48734

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flaccid (chris-xhost) wrote :

@emarkay
Thats explained above if you read the history.
The simple answer is yes, any system user can read anything in /home/*

I did notice that what people are saying is correct... it is like this with many other distros and OS.
But, imho, this shouldn't mean that Ubuntu does the same.

Do we want to be a leader or a follower?
Ubuntu - Linux for human beings.
Well, humans like privacy.