Launching "About Me" generates login/lock screen profile picture even if you configure none #799
Description
Distribution
Linux Mint MATE 22.2
Frequency
Always
Description
This bug is tied specifically to the "About Me" application in Linux Mint MATE.
After a fresh installation, no profile picture is used in the login screen and lock screen (and the place where it could be is occupied by the rest, so no awkward placeholder gap). Once the "About Me" application is launched, regardless of whether you don't touch anything or configure "no image", a .face file is written to the /home/user directory and a {username} file to /var/lib/AccountsService/icons. When "About Me" is launched again they get overwritten with the same files.
This user icon is then displayed in the login screen and lock screen, and the only way to get rid of it is to delete the forementioned files with superuser privileges. Having your login and lock screen changed just because you clicked "About Me" does not seem intended, nor does needing to modify system files to undo it.
If the "About Me" application is launched again, the previously deleted files get regenerated and the issue returns.