Re: This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #246185 I had only been on Ubuntu Desktop for hours before deciding to set up my account to post this bug as I consider it pretty serious. You mean to tell me this has been a known problem since seven years ago, and the problem still exists? Does anybody else use this thing? Retracting my recommendation ...
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-keyring in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1293790 Title: "An application wants access to the keyring" (*which* application is not specified) Status in “gnome-keyring” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have Ubuntu 13.10 Desktop installed. I am being prompted with this message: "Title: 'Unlock Keyring' - An application wants access to the keyring 'default', but it is locked. Password? [____]" Note that in this case there is no "Details >" expansion control, no "reveal more", no button to "view details" etc. This is not an unfamiliar message, similar concepts exist for both Windows and Mac, and the behavior derives from earlier forms of Linux. The idea of a keyring specifically is something I used on the Mac. I have some beef with this message in Ubuntu's form, however. What application is requesting this? Accessing a keyring with a password is asking for a Master password, one password to rule them all. One cannot, and should not, just hand out this master password to any application. So what application wants access to the keyring?? IMO this failure to disclose who is asking for the master password is critically bad security. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1293790/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
