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

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:25:17 -0500

> 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