Comment 2 for bug 453667
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| Erik B. Andersen (azendale) wrote Re: apport script reports potentially sensitive data | #2 |
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"The automatic crash interception component of apport is disabled by default in stable releases for a number of reasons:
1. Apport collects potentially sensitive data, such as core dumps, stack traces, and log files. They can contain passwords, credit card numbers, serial numbers, and other private material.
This is mitigated by the fact that it presents you what will be sent to the bug tracker, and that all crash report bugs are private by default, limited to the Ubuntu bug triaging team. We can reasonably expect developers and technically savvy users, who run the development release, to be aware of this and judge whether it is appropriate to file a crash report. But we shouldn't assume that every Ubuntu user of stable releases is able to do so. "
So only the ubuntu bug triaging team can see such reports by default, then, if they are free from sensitive information, one of the triaging team will set them as public.