IIUC, when anyone who plugs a removable USB stick in a PC it is mounted in /media/<user>/<label> and, as long as the FS in the device does not support privileges attributes (e.g. FAT32), anyone is granted the rights to overwrite anything (but partitions ?) in the device. So I don't see why anyone would be bored with authentication for this task. Let me know if I forget something.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to policykit-desktop- privileges in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1832337 Title: Require password when starting usb-creator Status in policykit-desktop-privileges package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in usb-creator package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Because usb-creator performs privileged actions, it should require authentication prior to starting. policykit-desktop-privileges should be modified so that usb-creator requires password authentication prior to starting. While it was a deliberate design decision to allow usb-creator to perform mounting and writing without authentication (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-desktop- privileges/+bug/1568149), this decision should be revisited. Allowing the use of usb-creator without authentication presents an unnecessary security risk. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-desktop-privileges/+bug/1832337/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
