Bug#433427: Critical privacy issue in gnome-screensaver - personal pictures may be shown

Artyom artyomtnk at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 17 18:47:43 UTC 2007


Hello,

Yes you are right. The default one is "Floating
Debian"

However if you go to:
Desktop > Preferences >Screen Saver (2nd entry)
And choose "Random" without being aware of that one
of the random screensavers is "Picture Folder" and
what *exactly* it does, you may end with unpleasent
situation of showing private pictures to public.

A user that is less technician may easily do this 
if it will not consider the entry "Pictures Folder"
and what exactly this means.

In my opinion this should be classified as
*security* bug that may cause disclosure
of private images in unwanted situations.

Thanks,
Artyom





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