Op dinsdag 25-03-2008 om 18:45 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Caleb Marcus: > Ah, now I understand this better. Thanks for clearing it up.
> > I have some sensitive images on media. I am on the road > > and I use a guest account on a third party’s computer to > > access a file on that media. Thumbnails are generated and > > left behind on the third party computer to be harvested! > > I wonder how many users are aware of this potential > > security risk, and if there is a way to prevent it. This reminds me of the infamous Trash problem, where deleting a file on removable media wouldn't really delete it but throw it in a local .Trash folder instead. This may have been fixed in 2.22, Back on topic, I recently read another thread about purging the thumbnails cache after a certain period. The solution to the problem brought up here should IMHO be that thumbnails of files on removable devices _can_ be created but that they should always be purged _immediately_ after it is disconnected. More generally speaking, thumbnails of inaccessible files on any volume should be purged, just with a lower priority. Did anyone file a bug yet? regards, -- Reinout van Schouwen http://vanschouwen.info/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
