*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 246185 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246185
Stimpy, I came to a different conclusion from the upstream bug report.
The problem isn't figuring out which _one_ application wants the key,
it's that the key will be available to _all_ the desktop applications.
Fixing this issue will take significant work -- switching to Mir or
Wayland, for a start -- and providing mandatory access control policies
for desktop applications.
The problem isn't just with the message presented to the user.
Thanks
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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.
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