Re: Preventing ”secret” files from popping up

[Colin Law]

On 28 October 2012 15:10, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/10/28 Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com>:
>> On 28 October 2012 09:25, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Let's say that I'm the only one who use my computer, and my file
>>> collection is a mix of things. Some of the files are ”secret” in some
>>> kind of way, could be any reason, of course. Maybe some kind of files
>>> for work, maybe just too private files, whatever.
>>>
>>> So I hit the magic key combination (in my case Super+space, I think
>>> default is Super only) to search for files. Before I enter anything, a
>>> couple of my last viewed files appear. Some of them may be files that
>>> I don't want someone who's looking at the screen should see.
>>>
>>> Can I prevent certain files from appearing there, at least as long as
>>> I am not searching for them specifically? Or can I prevent files
>>> inside a certain folder to appear?
>>> Or do I just need to create a separate user for those files?
>>
>> If you go to System Settings > Privacy and go to the Files tab you can
>> add folders that activity is not to be recorded for.  I /think/ that
>> will do it.  Also all files of particular types can be disregarded
>> there.
>>
>> Colin
>
> Thank you, exactly what I was looking for. Still some of the files end
> up there, but maybe it's because they have already been ”logged”, so
> maybe I need to restart the system or something.
>
> One thing I am wondering is: Let's say that I add the folder
> /home/MyUserName/MyFolder/Private, what about its sub folders then?
> For example the file
> /home/MyUserName/MyFolder/Private/MySecretFolder/MyEvenMoreSecretDocument,
> will it be ”protected” in this case?

Don't know, I assume so.  To remove existing ones you may need to
clear your history as they are already logged.  that is in the Privacy
settings also I think.

Colin

>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnny Rosenberg
> ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ
>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> Johnny Rosenberg
>>> ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ
>
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