Comment 66 for bug 48734

--- Avoiding the caveat of "this does not work"? ---

You may just not have thought yet of this solution that can be implemented with little adjustment:

( Privacy by default? YES, even with improved usability! )

Here is a trial script:
https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team/freedombox/-/snippets/518

The privacy by default solution goes along these lines:

* Simply let $HOME point to /home/<user/private

While having usable sharing dirs like this:

* /home/<user>/public_html
* /home/<user>/incoming

* /home/group/users/

* /home/group/admin/private
* /home/group/admin/incoming

These kind of different problems just need to be seen and solved together.