reassign 398166 iceweasel severity 398166 wishlist tags 398166 wontfix thanks
* Helge Kreutzmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Package: firefox > Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-1 > Severity: normal > > I created a new user for certain tasks. Then I started firefox (from > the command line, without specifying *any* URL) to > configure some settings. Without asking, firefox immediately accesses > the web in at least two ways: > > a) It goes to http://www.mozilla-europe.org/de/products/firefox/ as > start page > (why can't this be a locally provided page) and This part has been fixed in the latest Iceweasel. > b) There is a "latest headlines" button, under which several links are > listed (and which had to be retrieved from the web) I really think this is a non-issue for most users. There are various bits in Icewesel that by default connect to the Internet. You are perfectly free to turn all of these off if you like. > No other browser I know in Debian (lynx, konqueror, chimera2, ...) > access the web without requests by users. I think this is quit a > privacy issue, as users should not expect that a browser without URL > already starts accessing the web. If you think this is sensible, that > at least provide a system wide option to turn it off (and make it off > by default, maybe asking a debconf question on installation). > > This (new) user account is not intended for (unfiltered) web access, and > I was suprised (in a bad way) that firefox violates this by default. I > personally belive that Debian honors users privacy and security (by > default) and therefor Debians Firefox should do the same (IMHO). Or at > least a big warning should be issued. > > Please not that this problem is not specific to a "non-browser" user, > in some countries accessing certain of the sites below "latest > headlines" may already be problematic, or the user might want to > configure e.g. a privacy enhaning daemon to prevent unfiltered access > (e.g. to satisfy regulatory requirements). -- Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6
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