[Bug 79943] it should be possible to limit the amount of disk space used by thumbnails (.thumbnails directory)

[dE]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79943





--- Comment #90 from dE <de techno gmail com>  2011-12-01 17:19:18 ---
(In reply to comment #89)
> Dawit Alemayehu:
> 
> > How exactly is this a security issue?
> > Or for that matter a privacy one?
> 
> Storing private data in a unencrypted form without even noticing the user about
> this fact. It just is, face it.
> 
> > you can disable them in dolphin or konqueror.
> 
> But not in Gwenview and probably many other applications.
> 
> > If you do not want previews (aka thumbnails) to be generated
> 
> I want them to be generated.
> I just don't want them stored on the harddrive, even temporarily. Or if stored,
> 'wipe' should be used to remove it. I want them to be kept in RAM only.
> 
> 
> I know this is paranoid, but that's how the security and privacy protection
> works.
> 
> 
> WORKAROUND:
> Delete/wipe your ~/.thumbnails directory and then create a file with the same
> name as the directory. Thumbnails will be generated on the fly and won't be
> stored on the harddrive.

Using ~ as an unencrypted partition is not a good idea when you want security.

You know, a lot of configs lie there.

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