Re: Preventing ”secret” files from popping up

[Soare Catalin]

On Oct 29, 2012 6:55 PM, "Bahn, Nathan" <nathan.bahn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 5:25 AM, 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?
> >
> >
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Johnny Rosenberg
> > ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ
>
>
>
> J.R.--
> I probably do not understand your situation correctly, but how about
> creating a "guest" account?  I BELIEVE that it is possible to set up
> two or more accounts (I just do not know how it is done.).  That way,
> your "guest" can use your computer and you can rest easy that s/he
> cannot snoop around your files.
> --
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> (Nathan Bahn)
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..or you could just open the files you want to protect via alternate
viewers: if they're video files, play with mplayer from a terminal, if pdf,
open with a non-default application, etc.

I'm guessing it's not exactly security here, if you want something secure,
place them on an external encrypted drive or maybe simply on a drive that's
not mounted at boot time.

Cheers!
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