diff --git a/apps/artcraft-launcher/src/logging.rs b/apps/artcraft-launcher/src/logging.rs
index 271ff0c3..fcd13c51 100644
--- a/apps/artcraft-launcher/src/logging.rs
+++ b/apps/artcraft-launcher/src/logging.rs
@@ -45,10 +45,19 @@ pub fn rotate(dir: &Path) -> std::io::Result<(PathBuf, File)> {
         }
     }
     let path = numbered(dir, 0);
-    let file = File::create(&path)?;
+    let file = create_private(&path)?;
     Ok((path, file))
 }
 
+/// A log names the user's folders, so only the user may read it.
+fn create_private(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<File> {
+    let mut options = std::fs::OpenOptions::new();
+    options.write(true).create(true).truncate(true);
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt::mode(&mut options, 0o600);
+    options.open(path)
+}
+
 /// Where formatted records go besides standard error: kept in memory until a file is attached,
 /// then appended to it until it reaches its size cap.
 pub struct Sink {
@@ -255,6 +264,16 @@ mod tests {
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
     }
 
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    #[test]
+    fn only_the_user_can_read_the_log() {
+        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+        let dir = temp_dir("private");
+        let (path, _file) = rotate(&dir).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::metadata(&path).unwrap().permissions().mode() & 0o777, 0o600);
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn rotation_into_an_unusable_directory_is_an_error_not_a_panic() {
         let dir = temp_dir("blocked");