Preventing ”secret” files from popping up

[Patrick Asselman]

On 2012-10-30 05:21, NoOp wrote:
> On 10/29/2012 01:44 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 29 October 2012 18:12, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> On 10/29/2012 09:41 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>>> ...
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Put them in a TrueCrypt folder:
>>> http://www.truecrypt.org/
>>
>> Is that going to stop them showing up when you open the dash?
>>
>> Colin
>>
>
> Don't know as I don't use Dash. However if you've sensitive files, 
> and
> you've put them in a Truecrypt file, and have to purposely open
> Truecrypt and then that file to get at them, I suspect that Johnny 
> will
> figure out how to 'clean' and/or block the crumb bits like
> ~/.recently-used ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel
> ~/.local/share/zeitgeist/activity.sqlite etc. Whew... how's that for 
> a
> run-on sentence :-)

It's a pretty important question though... you can have all the 
encryption you want, but if the Dash pops up a file 
"/mnt/truecrypt/secrets/my_boss_is_a_jerk.doc" (or something like that) 
while the boss is looking over the shoulder, you'll still get burned :-P

Best regards,
Patrick Asselman