Zeitgeist

[kurci2]

HI!
I just want to ask, if anyone knows where does ZEIGEIST put its logs. Is it in my home folder, or is it somewhere else. I have my home folder enrypted and this is really not very secure if someone can see those logs...

So. Does ZEITGEIST put logs in my HOME folder or not?

Thanks!!

[cariboo]

The zeitgeist logs are located in ~/.cache/zeitgeist. Why?

[kurci2]

Thanks man.
I just had a bad feeling that something could leek out from my enrypted profile...

[djchandler]

Why is Zeitgeist necessary? This is a real concern for the truly paranoid such as myself. I just removed it via Synaptic while logged into a classic Gnome session. So did I bork my Unity desktop by doing that? If so, it's definitely something I can live with.

Edit: Unity still works. Files and Folders icon removed from side panel. Yay!

[tlcstat]

Greetings,

This is a real concern for the truly paranoid such as myself

Your not truly paranoid, you are only pretend paranoid! I am however truly paranoid and I keep my sensitive data in a Truecrypt file. Zeitgeist won't log a opened file from a Truecrypt directory once the Truecrypt file has been closed. Try it! However individual programs may log recent files themselves without the help of Zeitgeist. Example VLC Media Player will log a media file opened from Truecrypt. So in Preferences uncheck "show recently opened media". Same with you file editor. Point is that Zeitgeist does some really helpful stuff and there will usually be unwanted consequences. Complete removal of the program is kind of radical when a truly paranoid person is going to use more secure measures for delicate information anyway. Problem is that just because a truly paranoid person can't see it, doesn't mean it isn't there! As they say "even though you may not be paranoid, doesn't mean someone isn't out to get you".
tlcstat

[Dry Lips]

Why is Zeitgeist necessary? This is a real concern for the truly paranoid such as myself. I just removed it via Synaptic while logged into a classic Gnome session. So did I bork my Unity desktop by doing that? If so, it's definitely something I can live with.

Edit: Unity still works. Files and Folders icon removed from side panel. Yay!

So, Zeitgeist isn't really needed on your system? What does Zeitgeist have
to do with Unity in the first place?

[cariboo]

Zeitgeist will show you most used and recently open files and folders when you click the Files & Folders icon in the Launcher

[Dry Lips]

Zeitgeist will show you most used and recently open files and folders when you click the Files & Folders icon in the Launcher

Ok, thanks! And what if you're not using Unity?