Bug#433427: Critical privacy issue in gnome-screensaver - personal pictures may be shown

Loïc Minier lool at dooz.org
Tue Jul 17 11:24:37 UTC 2007


        Hi,

On Tue, Jul 17, 2007, Artyom wrote:
> The _default_ configuration of the screen saver
> in Gnome invokes random screen saver. One of 
> them shows some random pictures from you Home
> folder. This may cause unpleasant issue when
> the private and personal pictures will be 
> accidentally shown on the screen of your laptop
> or desktop PC. In some cases it may cause a
> very bad results.

 The default configuration should be the Debian Floaters theme.  Are you
 sure you're using gnome-screensaver?  Can you check which screensaver
 is selected in the preferences?  Can you test whether the Debian
 Floaters theme works for you?

   Bye,
-- 
Loïc Minier





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