Apple

If I add a new user to the macbook any folder that user creates is readable to any other user on the computer! Unless it is inside Downloads, Documents, Library, Desktop etc. As far as I can tell this is default behaviour? Should I change this or is it this way for a reason?

unless it’s in documents..
Where else would it be ?
All of the folders in the user folder should be protected from snooping eyes

I thought so too but

lamia@kawa:~ ➜ mkdir Crepes
lamia@kawa:~ ➜ ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 lamia staff 64 23 Jan 03:55 Crepes
drwx------+ 25 lamia staff 800 22 Jan 17:41 Desktop
drwx------+ 16 lamia staff 512 22 Jan 08:31 Documents

flutter@kawa:~ ➜ ls /Users/lamia/Desktop
ls: /Users/lamia/Desktop: Permission denied
flutter@kawa:~ ➜ ls /Users/lamia/Crepes
flutter@kawa:~ ➜

anything in that users profile folder (~/lamia) is generally protected, i thought? isn't that why there's a public share folder?

I think the public share folder is for other computers on the same network, not for other users on the same computer!