To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107838 Issue #|107838 Summary|Improve privacy for fetching external resources Component|Word processor Version|OOO310m9 Platform|All URL| OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|ENHANCEMENT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|ui Assigned to|writerneedsconfirm Reported by|klausu
------- Additional comments from kla...@openoffice.org Tue Dec 22 17:21:24 +0000 2009 ------- Open Office documents can refer to externel resources such as images which are fetched by open office when the document is viewed. This is not a bad feature itsself, but it can compromise the privacy of unaware users. Everytime a document is opened the server hosting the external resource gets information about the act of openeing, the time and IP of a user. The problem arises because the vast majority of users: a) Are not aware that this is happening b) Can not disable this feature. An easy solution would be to: a) Inform the user when this is happening b) Add an option to disable individual or all external requests The options could be: - always allow requests (current default setting) - never allow requests - always ask (new default), upon a external request inform the user what OOo wants to fetch and give the choice (allow/reject, for this request/this document/all documents) This issue is linked to, but not a duplicate of issue 37652 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
