[gutsy] "Pictures folder" shows all pictures in $HOME
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNOME Screensaver |
Invalid
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High
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gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver
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# dpkg -l gnome-screensaver
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ii gnome-screensaver 2.20.0-0ubuntu3 a screen saver and locker
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I noticed that the "Pictures folder" screensaver shows all pictures out of $HOME instead of only $HOME/Pictures. Even pictures with sensible information out of my projects or pictures out of the cache of my web browser - ~/.mozilla/
I've got a folder called "Pictures" inside my home dir.
# ls -al ~/Pictures/
insgesamt 880
drwxr-xr-x 2 toff toff 120 2007-09-26 11:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 102 toff toff 4168 2007-09-26 12:00 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 toff toff 252369 1999-11-20 00:00 1.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 toff toff 248626 1999-11-20 00:00 2.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 toff toff 390383 1999-11-26 00:00 3.jpg
But these pictures don't get displayed. Instead of those three pictures, gnome-screensaver looks in my whole $HOME for pictures.
This is not a real security threat. But since there is a option for a random screensaver. Users might find this "feature" quite unpleasent, when co-workers find out what the boss is doing late at night only by watching the screensaver...
Changed in gnome-screensaver: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in gnome-screensaver: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in gnome-screensaver: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
Same behaviour here, quite annoying actually, and as you pointed could lead to a possible security threat if for instance i have a private document scanned and saved as image, such as driving licence or one containing my social security number, passport, etc.
Also your boss could found out you were searching for vacation places instead of working.