Re: Preventing ”secret” files from popping up

[Colin Law]

On 30 October 2012 03:21, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> 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.

So it does not help to solve the OP's problem then, since that was
specifically about them appearing in the 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 :-)

Is that not effectively what the settings in  System Settings >
Privacy on the Files tab do, as was discussed earlier in the thread?

Colin