The majority of users of Ubuntu systems either have exclusive use of the machine (personal laptop) or are sharing with friends and relatives. We assume that the people who share the machine are either trusted, or in a position to hack the machine (boot from USB!) trivially. As a result, there is little to no benefit from the permissions you propose.
Now, in a more complex environment, like a university machine with many users, people do not have access to the hardware and can't easily root the box, but they also have the sysadmin skills to change the default permission. Ergo, we stick with the permission as they stand today. Mark -- Home permissions too open https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48734 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
