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[Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@xxxxxxxxx>]

We now have encrypted swap.  This should help matters tremendously.

Additionally, I recommend making /tmp a tmpfs in memory, by adding the following line to your /etc/fstab:
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs rw


If other programs copy data out of a user's home directory to other locations *on disk*, bugs should be filed against those programs for leaking user data.

At this point I'm closing the eCryptfs aspects of this bug.

Thanks,
:-Dustin

** Changed in: ecryptfs
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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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 - Enterprise Cryptographic Filesystem: Fix Released
Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released

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?