GNU bug report logs - #15882
24.3.50; gnus does not suppress email tracking

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:33:02 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 15882 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 15882 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15882: 24.3.50; gnus does not suppress email tracking
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 10:14:15 +0100
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> I was unable to test this, because our virus scanner eviscerated the
> message.  Could you forward a complete message from the privacy tester,
> or just a simple test case that shows the SVG problem?

I'll send you the test email off the ML.

> Is the problem that the imagemagick library fetches (sub-)images from
> embedded SVG images or something?

The web site gives as explanation

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Test - SVG inline with remote image

In the <body> of the HTML part, place a tag as follows:

<svg version="1.1" baseProfile="full" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
        <image xlink:href="http://TRACKING_URL/"/>
</svg>
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I would conclude, that the <image ... /> link does not point to an
image, but just an arbitrary URL which is used for tracking. Likely,
images shall not be loaded by default in shr. At least there shall be an
option which prevents this, when shr is used for rendering email in gnus.

Best regards, Michael.




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