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[Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the report.

I'm sorry, but that's not the way eCryptfs works.  eCryptfs is intended
to protect your data from attack by theft, and not from your root
administrator.

** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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root can access other users mounted Private folder
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/500872
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix

Bug description:
Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils

Once ecryptfs is mounted for a user root can access to it's contents, so it's not a so "Private" folder. Private folder should be readable only by it's owner not even by root. This is specially important if the user and the administrator are not the same person.