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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Message #47 received at 74218 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 74218 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, me <at> eshelyaron.com, stefankangas <at> gmail.com,
 me <at> fabionatali.com
Subject: Re: bug#74218: [PATCH] Ask confirmation before sending region to
 search engine.
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:19:08 +0100

>>>>> On Thu, 07 Nov 2024 13:05:43 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> said:
    >> And so am I. Why are we discussing adding a confirmation to an
    >> explicit request from the user? Or is the intent to leave it as 'off',
    >> but allow customizing it to 'ask'?

    Eli> My take on it is that the user might not realize that the region is
    Eli> very large and includes parts she didn't intend to send.  IOW, a
    Eli> cockpit error.

Hmm, ok. As long as it defaults to off.

Robert
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