OK, but this is assuming they know their way around the terminal commands. Like you say, someone with a good knowledge of Linux can find things out pretty quickly, but for the average user, a password system I'd think would be a good deterrant.
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 04:32, Siegfried Gevatter <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't really see the point in this. If they want to know what you're > doing, and they have access to their session, there's plenty of ways to > get even more information (including keyloggers and all sorts of evil > stuff). Having a password in the Settings dialog isn't going to help > much (also, even if it was, they can still turn on logging by manually > editing the configuration file). > > ** Package changed: zeitgeist (Ubuntu) => activity-log-manager (Ubuntu) > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/965832 > > Title: > Privacy (Zeitgeist) in System Settings needs password protection > > Status in “activity-log-manager” package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > Anyone could go into the Privacy feature in System Settings and undo > every non-recorded folder, file type or application, or turn recording > on when it was turned off, and thus see whatever the user was trying > to hide. This is a feature that should have password protection to not > only view what the settings are but also to change them. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 > Package: zeitgeist 0.8.99~alpha3-1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9 > Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Tue Mar 27 13:49:16 2012 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 > (20120301) > PackageArchitecture: all > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_NZ:en > TERM=xterm > LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: zeitgeist > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-12 (14 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/activity-log-manager/+bug/965832/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/965832 Title: Privacy (Zeitgeist) in System Settings needs password protection To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/activity-log-manager/+bug/965832/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
