Why can any user read the content in my homedir?

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Published on 2011-11-25T10:03:38Z Indexed on 2011/11/25 10:06 UTC
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Why is it that the default setting makes it possible for user A to look in the homedir of user B and vice versa? And furthermore..that user can not only look into the homedir of another user, he can also open any document he wants to. It feels very insecure to me. There should be more privacy for users. I know how to prevent this situation, but it puzzles me why this should be possible in the first place.

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