This bug was fixed in the package apport - 2.20.9-0ubuntu4
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apport (2.20.9-0ubuntu4) bionic; urgency=medium
* apport/hookutils.py: When gathering gsettings schema changes redact
information regarding command-history and favorite-apps from gnome-shell.
(LP: #1739531)
-- Brian Murray <br...@ubuntu.com> Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:51:59 -0700
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1739531
Title:
apport-collect SHOULD NOT collect gnome-shell command history and
favorites
Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in apport source package in Bionic:
Fix Released
Bug description:
In https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-
shell/+bug/1739525/comments/4, I ran apport-collect for that bug
report.
To my horror, it posted "org.gnome.shell command-history" and "favorites" in
the "GsettingsChanges.txt"!
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/349970997/GsettingsChanges.txt
It's _completely_ reasonable to see:
* enabled-extensions
* org.gnome.shell.* diffs
* org.gnome.desktop.* diffs
But it is _NOT_ acceptable (privacy reasons) to automatically harvest
a user's favorites in the gnome-shell, nor their command histories.
_IF_ we must harvest for bug-data gathering, it MUST come in a secure
mechanism that is private only to submitter + the assigned dev.
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