Public bug reported:
I recently changed from Ubuntu 15.04, to Ubuntu Gnome 15.04 (I was using
Unity, now Gnome Shell), and since I have changed I have noticed some
problems similar to this bug report in tracker's logging to syslog:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754907
So what I am noticing is that it is spamming my syslog with loads and
loads of stuff similar to the bug report I linked to above. But not only
is it spamming contents there, it is also putting the contents and
details of my private emails etc, for instance I have OSSEC HIDS running
and it keeps on reporting me of these sorts of things:
"
OSSEC HIDS Notification. 2015 Jul 22 21:08:46
Received From: Weaponised-Towel->/var/log/syslog Rule: 1003 fired
(level 13) -> "Non standard syslog message (size too large)." Portion of
the log(s):
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]:
nie:description "Beginning Android Games, Second Edition offers
everything you need to join the ranks of successful Android game
developers, including Android tablet game app development
considerations. You'll start with game design fundamentals and
programming basics, and then progress toward creating your own basic
game engine and playable game apps that work on Android and earlier
version compliant smartphones and now tablets. This will give you
everything you need to branch out and write your own Android games. The
potential user base and the wide array of available high-performance
devices makes Android an attractive target for aspiring game developers.
Do you have an awesome idea for the next break-through mobile gaming
title? Beginning Android Games will help you kick-start your project.
This book will guide you through the process of making several example
game apps using APIs available in new Android SDK and earlier SDK
releases for Android smartphones and tablets: The fundamentals of game
development and design suitable for Android smartphones and tablets The
Android platform basics to apply those fundamentals in the context of
making a game, inc
--END OF NOTIFICATION
"
And then when I checked my syslog for that time period these are the
sorts of things that I saw:
"
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: INSERT {
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: GRAPH
<urn:uuid:472ed0cc-40ff-4e37-9c0c-062d78656540> {
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]:
<urn:uuid:edaa188c-36cb-b2d3-0cb3-97c950984b51> nie:dataSource
<http://www.tracker-project.org/ontologies/tracker#extractor-data-source> .
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]:
<urn:uuid:edaa188c-36cb-b2d3-0cb3-97c950984b51> a nfo:EBook ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:creator [ a
nco:PersonContact ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:fullname "Zechner,
Mario & Green, Robert" ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:nameFamily "Zechner" ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:nameGiven "Mario" ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:nameAdditional "&
Green, Robert" ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:creator
<urn:artist:Zechner,%20Mario%20&%20Green,%20Robert>] ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:creator [ a
nco:PersonContact ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:fullname "Robert
Green" ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:nameFamily "Green" ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:nameGiven "Robert" ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:creator
<urn:artist:Robert%20Green>] ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nie:title "Beginning
Android Games" ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:publisher [ a
nco:Contact ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:fullname "Apress"] ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nie:identifier
"URN:ISBN:978-1-4302-4677-0" ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nie:identifier
"9781430246770" ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nie:description "<p
class=\"description\">Beginning Android Games, Second Edition offers everything
you need to join the ranks of successful Android game developers, including
Android tablet game app development considerations. You'll start with game
design fundamentals and programming basics, and then progress toward creating
your own basic game engine and playable game apps that work on Android and
earlier version compliant smartphones and now tablets. This will give you
everything you need to branch out and write your own Android games. The
potential user base and the wide array of available high-performance devices
makes Android an attractive target for aspiring game developers. Do you have an
awesome idea for the next break-through mobile gaming title? Beginning Android
Games will help you kick-start your project. This book will guide you through
the process of making several example game apps using APIs available in new
Android SDK and earlier SDK releases for Android smartphones and tablets: The
fundamentals of game development and design suitable for Android smartphones
and tablets The Android platform basics to apply those fundamentals in the
context of making a game, including new File Manager system and better battery
life management The design of 2D and 3D games and their successful
implementation on the Android platform This book lets developers see and use
some Android SDK Jelly Bean; however, this book is structured so that app
developers can use earlier Android SDK releases. This book is backward
compatible like the Android SDK. What you’ll learn How to set up/use the
development tools for creating your first Android game app The fundamentals of
game programming in the context of the Android platform How to use the
Android's APIs for graphics (Canvas, OpenGL ES 1.0/1.1), audio, and user input
to reflect those fundamentals How to develop two 2D games from scratch, based
on Canvas API and OpenGL ES How to create a full-featured 3D game How to
publish your games, get crash reports, an
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: d support your users How
to complete your own playable 2D OpenGL games Who this book is for This book
is for people with a basic knowledge of Java who want to write games on the
Android platform. It also offers information for experienced game developers
about the pitfalls and peculiarities of the platform.</p>" ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nie:language "en" ;
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: (tracker-extract:1740):
Tracker-WARNING **: Task 13, error: Subject
`urn:uuid:7f45658e-fe34-a168-af48-c6bdb3901b6c' is not in domain `nfo:Image' of
property `nfo:orientation'
Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: (tracker-extract:1740):
Tracker-WARNING **: Sparql update was:
"
And although I have searched through my emails and not found exact
matches to the contents of these entries, this is the kind of stuff I
would get in an email so I suspect that it is from there, as I don't
know where else it could find this information. I use web mail, so
having it log lots of private and confidential contents to my syslog
sort of undermines my security. I have searched through my syslog and
found other information of this sort which contains private details of
myself. So I am very unhappy about all this going into syslog, and this
is why I am filing this bug report.
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OS Information:
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 15.04
Release: 15.04
Codename: vivid
Package Information:
tracker:
Installed: 1.2.5-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 1.2.5-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 1.2.5-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Affects: tracker (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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