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[Julian Foad <1270788@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ubuntu deletes the user's data at log-out time. Warning when this is
about to happen is the very LEAST we should do.

Warning at log-in time alone is totally insufficient. The user who logs
out may not be the one who launched it, and may not be the guest who
saved some work in that session, and/or the user may not have paid
attention to the warning or remembered it. See the blueprint
<https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/guest-session-sane-
defaults> for some use cases of this nature.

Please elevate the severity of this bug. It is not just a wish, it is a
data-loss problem.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1270788

Title:
  loggin out from guest session should notify that data will be cleared

Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  If logging out from the guest account resets it and clears all data,
  then the logout dialog should give a hint that all data will be reset
  and that the user should cancel if he/she wants to save files on a USB
  drive, or if he/she wants to ask the host/computer owner to copy the
  files to a persistent location.

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