GNU bug report logs - #74218
[PATCH] Ask confirmation before sending region to search engine.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Fabio Natali <me <at> fabionatali.com>

Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 00:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 74218 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com>, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, me <at> fabionatali.com
Subject: bug#74218: [PATCH] Ask confirmation before sending region to search engine.
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:02:00 +0100

>>>>> On Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:53:23 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> said:

    Eli> Also, does anyone have an opinion about asking for confirmation only
    Eli> for regions that are large enough?  E.g., when the region is a single
    Eli> word, do we want to ask for confirmation anyway?

The default for sending stuff to remote servers should be not to do it
unless explicitly authorized, even if the amount of data is small: the
submission itself provides data about your machine, IP, location etc.

Robert
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