Comment 4 for bug 259799

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Tobias Wolf (towolf) wrote :

I feel that unless these integration issues are clearly resolved the Private folder will become a usability debacle.
I think that unless there is really good integration this feature should not be enabled by default.

1. Presentation: to much technical wording at the moment, too much understanding of underlying mechanisms required
2. It's an irregular mount, unlike fstab or gvfs mounts. Not handled by nautilus unmount mechanisms; the copy not move issue, etc
3. Suid root, and hence not configurable and no localization possible
4. Filenames are not encrypted. This is suboptimal for a secure file vault feature.
5. Should be locked/unlocked in situ, i.e., directly in the view of the Private folder. This is only possible upstream, I think.