** Description changed:

  I recently changed from Ubuntu 15.04, to Ubuntu Gnome 15.04 (I was using
  Unity, now Gnome Shell), and since I have changed I have noticed some
- problems similar to this bug report in tracker's logging to syslog:
+ problems similar to this bug report in Tracker's logging to syslog:
  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754907
  
  So what I am noticing is that it is spamming my syslog with loads and
  loads of stuff similar to the bug report I linked to above. But not only
  is it spamming contents there, it is also putting the contents and
  details of my private emails etc, for instance I have OSSEC HIDS running
  and it keeps on reporting to me of these sorts of things:
  
  "
  
      OSSEC HIDS Notification. 2015 Jul 22 21:08:46
  
      Received From: Weaponised-Towel->/var/log/syslog Rule: 1003 fired
  (level 13) -> "Non standard syslog message (size too large)." Portion of
  the log(s):
  
      Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]:
  nie:description "Beginning Android Games, Second Edition offers
  everything you need to join the ranks of successful Android game
  developers, including Android tablet game app development
  considerations. You'll start with game design fundamentals and
  programming basics, and then progress toward creating your own basic
  game engine and playable game apps that work on Android and earlier
  version compliant smartphones and now tablets. This will give you
  everything you need to branch out and write your own Android games. The
  potential user base and the wide array of available high-performance
  devices makes Android an attractive target for aspiring game developers.
  Do you have an awesome idea for the next break-through mobile gaming
  title? Beginning Android Games will help you kick-start your project.
  This book will guide you through the process of making several example
  game apps using APIs available in new Android SDK and earlier SDK
  releases for Android smartphones and tablets: The fundamentals of game
  development and design suitable for Android smartphones and tablets The
  Android platform basics to apply those fundamentals in the context of
  making a game, inc
  
      --END OF NOTIFICATION
  
  "
  
  And then when I checked my syslog for that time period these are the
  sorts of things that I saw:
  
  "
  
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: INSERT {
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: GRAPH 
<urn:uuid:472ed0cc-40ff-4e37-9c0c-062d78656540> {
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: 
<urn:uuid:edaa188c-36cb-b2d3-0cb3-97c950984b51> nie:dataSource 
<http://www.tracker-project.org/ontologies/tracker#extractor-data-source> .
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: 
<urn:uuid:edaa188c-36cb-b2d3-0cb3-97c950984b51> a nfo:EBook ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:creator [ a 
nco:PersonContact ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:fullname "Zechner, 
Mario & Green, Robert" ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:nameFamily 
"Zechner" ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:nameGiven "Mario" ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:nameAdditional "& 
Green, Robert" ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:creator 
<urn:artist:Zechner,%20Mario%20&%20Green,%20Robert>] ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:creator [ a 
nco:PersonContact ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:fullname "Robert 
Green" ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:nameFamily "Green" ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:nameGiven "Robert" ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:creator 
<urn:artist:Robert%20Green>] ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nie:title "Beginning 
Android Games" ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:publisher [ a 
nco:Contact ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nco:fullname "Apress"] ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nie:identifier 
"URN:ISBN:978-1-4302-4677-0" ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nie:identifier 
"9781430246770" ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nie:description "<p 
class=\"description\">Beginning Android Games, Second Edition offers everything 
you need to join the ranks of successful Android game developers, including 
Android tablet game app development considerations. You'll start with game 
design fundamentals and programming basics, and then progress toward creating 
your own basic game engine and playable game apps that work on Android and 
earlier version compliant smartphones and now tablets. This will give you 
everything you need to branch out and write your own Android games.  The 
potential user base and the wide array of available high-performance devices 
makes Android an attractive target for aspiring game developers. Do you have an 
awesome idea for the next break-through mobile gaming title? Beginning Android 
Games will help you kick-start your project. This book will guide you through 
the process of making several example game apps using APIs available in new 
Android SDK and earlier SDK releases for Android smartphones and tablets:  The 
fundamentals of game development and design suitable for Android smartphones 
and tablets  The Android platform basics to apply those fundamentals in the 
context of making a game, including new File Manager system and better battery 
life management  The design of 2D and 3D games and their successful 
implementation on the Android platform   This book lets developers see and use 
some Android SDK Jelly Bean; however, this book is structured so that app 
developers can use earlier Android SDK releases. This book is backward 
compatible like the Android SDK.  What you’ll learn How to set up/use the 
development tools for creating your first Android game app  The fundamentals of 
game programming in the context of the Android platform  How to use the 
Android's APIs for graphics (Canvas, OpenGL ES 1.0/1.1), audio, and user input 
to reflect those fundamentals  How to develop two 2D games from scratch, based 
on Canvas API and OpenGL ES  How to create a full-featured 3D game  How to 
publish your games, get crash reports, an
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: d support your users  
How to complete your own playable 2D OpenGL games   Who this book is for  This 
book is for people with a basic knowledge of Java who want to write games on 
the Android platform. It also offers information for experienced game 
developers about the pitfalls and peculiarities of the platform.</p>" ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: nie:language "en" ;
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: (tracker-extract:1740): 
Tracker-WARNING **: Task 13, error: Subject 
`urn:uuid:7f45658e-fe34-a168-af48-c6bdb3901b6c' is not in domain `nfo:Image' of 
property `nfo:orientation'
  Jul 22 21:08:44 Weaponised-Towel gnome-session[1509]: (tracker-extract:1740): 
Tracker-WARNING **: Sparql update was:
  
  "
  
- And although I have searched through my emails and not found exact
- matches to the contents of these entries, this is the kind of stuff I
- would get in an email so I suspect that it is from there, as I don't
- know where else it could find this information. I use web mail, so
- having it log lots of private and confidential contents to my syslog
- sort of undermines my security and privacy. I have searched through my
- syslog and found other information of this sort which contains private
- details of myself. So I am very unhappy about all this going into
- syslog, and this is why I am filing this bug report.
+ And after some further research I have come to understand that this is
+ mostly happening because there is no way to disable the feature which
+ indexes file contents. So it would be really good if a feature like that
+ could be added, or at least for you to be able to control the logging
+ levels.
  
  ---
  
  OS Information:
  
      No LSB modules are available.
      Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
      Description:      Ubuntu 15.04
      Release:  15.04
      Codename: vivid
  
  Package Information:
  
      tracker:
        Installed: 1.2.5-0ubuntu2
        Candidate: 1.2.5-0ubuntu2
        Version table:
       *** 1.2.5-0ubuntu2 0
              500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 
Packages
              100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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