I personally don't think the reasons you've listed above are good enough to change the default setting, but please file a bug with the upstream project and you can convince them to change them:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues Once you've filed a bug with the GNOME project, please paste the bug number here. Thanks! ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1983778 Title: Major security issue in Ubuntu Desktop default config - Removable Media Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: There is a MAJOR SECURITY VULNERABILITY in Ubuntu Desktop since release 18.04 ! Recently I used Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and noticed that the issue still exist! I don’t know the reason for it, but default values for “Removable Media” are VERY Risky! It will automatically run the software which is attached to the removable media. Why? Why has Ubuntu still didn’t disable that option? The following is the default configuration (the “bad” configuration): https://imgur.com/XXXQlV2 The following is the configuration which Ubuntu should be having (it is the fix to the problem): https://imgur.com/a/0JeM6ve Please change the default configurations for Ubuntu! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1983778/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
