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[PATCH] Don't include section "Recent messages" in bug reports

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Message #32 received at 39185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 39185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39185: [PATCH] Don't include section "Recent messages" in
 bug reports
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 18:10:52 +0100

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

>> Is it?  Then perhaps the name of the system on which Emacs was built,
>> and the configuration used to build it are also private?
>
> It's possible, but it sounds unlikely.  That it's private which servers
> you're talking to is pretty likely, though.

In the messages buffer, file names, buffer names and email addresses
are some of the concerning examples of private data I've seen.  We
also have to consider that we have no control over what kind of
information third party or user code puts there.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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