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[Bug 277655] Re: Protect data in an encrypted Private from being inadvertently copied elsewhere (eg, thumbnailers)

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From: Josh Smith <duncan.hawthorne@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:56:23 -0000
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Protect data in an encrypted Private from being inadvertently copied elsewhere (eg, thumbnailers)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277655
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Intrepid introduced the new Private directory in the user's home directory.  To prevent information leakage, thumbnailers etc should be forbidden from entering the directory (or should store their thumbnails inside the private dir).  Has this been considered/solved?