Re: Preventing ”secret” files from popping up

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2012/10/29 Patrick Asselman <iceblink at seti.nl>:
> On 2012-10-28 17:14, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
>
> Of course from a security point of view, excluding certain files or folders
> in a config file is just as bad as (if not worse than) having them pop op in
> the last-used box.

I know. In my case the situation is not very alarming, I just don't
want certain files to pop up at the screen while someone is behind me
watching. I am the only user of this computer, and I'm not worried
that someone will use it when I'm not watching, I just want to get rid
of certain files popping up.

>
> Ideally you would not want anything to pop up in the last-used box.

I could create another user and keep all those ”secret” files there,
but in my case I think it's a bit of an overkill.

>
> Or alternatively you would set a very large selection in the config file,
> like the entire /home, but that would imply your search function is very
> crippled.
>
> Just my €0,01
>
> Patrick


Thanks for your input.


Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg
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