Comment 9 for bug 1734541

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dronus (paul-geisler) wrote :

Still an issue as of today 2020-04-13, for Ubuntu 18.04.

Please set this critical immediately, this is a strong security issue for the use case of multiuser device!

Using a "guest" user to share your device with others is a quite common use case. Everyone would expect that logging out and pass the device to another person would benefit from a eCrypt FS user homdedir setup.

I myself usually log out and set my device to standby on a daily routine. That has me left unprotected by a while now it seems. I usually log out when taking the laptop to unsafe spaces like traveling, conferences and events in public spaces etc. I had expected that logging out would keep my data safe to some level.

As this is a regression too, many already adapted to logout-is-safe behaviour.