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bug#6953: 24.0.50; serious security bug in create backup files


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: bug#6953: 24.0.50; serious security bug in create backup files
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:25:17 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> When Emacs is forced into writing "~/%backup%~", it may expose protected
> data to being read by others.

Regardless of what other problems there might be, such backups should
probably go somewhere under ~/.emacs.d.


        Stefan





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