Comment 9 for bug 277894

ok, cool. but i think that there should be a way to enable this through the
gui, like in mac

also, is there any particular reason why it should not be enabled by
default? are there any problems with it?

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Dustin Kirkland
<email address hidden>wrote:

> As I have said above, I'm work on seamless home directory encryption for
> Jaunty.
>
> I have it working in several virtual machines, and on my primary
> laptop. I'm still bringing together the pieces to automate the setup
> thereof.
>
> It will *not* be the default. However, I do hope that it is an option
> on installation (both desktop and server), as well as an option when
> the administrator creates new users.
>
> :-Dustin
>
> --
> anyone with a livecd can acces data on ubuntu -- encrypt home directories
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277894
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> Status in "ecryptfs-utils" source package in Ubuntu: In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> all of my personal files i store in ubuntu can be accessed by anyone with a
> livecd without knowing my password. mac actually locks your personal data by
> default so if you put a livecd in and try to access them it will prompt you
> for the password. ubuntu does not have this. this renders all of my personal
> files insecure. this seems pretty serious to me.
>
> try using a livecd to read data from your home folder on a mac and see what
> happens. this is what should happen in ubuntu.
>
> once again, seeing as this applies to everyone on a default setup and how
> it allows anyone to see all of the files on the computer without a password,
> including extremely private and critical ones, and seeing as how you can
> eveen delete these files too, it seems pretty serious to me.
>