Bug 402728 - "High Security Mode" that writes all config data into encrypted databases rather than plaintext configuration files
Summary: "High Security Mode" that writes all config data into encrypted databases rat...
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-kconfig
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Matthew Dawson
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: 310226 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2018-12-31 14:07 UTC by Nate Graham
Modified: 2021-10-24 14:16 UTC (History)
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Description Nate Graham 2018-12-31 14:07:18 UTC 
This is an idea for KDE's Privacy goal: https://community.kde.org/Goals/Privacy_Software

Essentially, when "High Security Mode" is turned on in some KCM somewhere, kconfig would write configuration data to encrypted databases rather than plaintext files. Perhaps it could even be a single big database rather than individual app-specific databases, since even that would leak which apps were being used.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2018-12-31 14:07:57 UTC 
*** Bug 310226 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Laura David Hurka 2021-05-13 13:53:26 UTC 
Why not “[x] encrypt home partition” ?
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-05-13 14:13:42 UTC 
For the benefit of people using KDE software on a non-encrypted home partition, I suppose.
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2021-10-24 14:16:09 UTC 
In retrospect, people with this use case would indeed probably be better served by simply encrypting the entire home partition.