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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
+ 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
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