You have been subscribed to a public bug: In case the XMPP server supports MUC, empathy will create the room called private-chat-$UUID following GTalk, however it is created with default settings and therefore is publicly visible in the conference list and open to everybody to join.
GTalk server does not list the available conferences (and it is using custom XMPP MUC settings) but other XMPP servers have a directory of current chats. The "private-chat-..." created in Empathy will be completely open for public. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: telepathy-gabble 0.16.1-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Sep 23 21:04:29 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120225) SourcePackage: telepathy-gabble UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-10 (13 days ago) ** Affects: telepathy-gabble Importance: Medium Status: Fix Released ** Affects: empathy (Ubuntu) Importance: High Status: Triaged ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity -- private-chat-$UUID rooms are created with default (i.e. public) settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1055128 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs