Hello Eric, On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 07:54:17PM -0400, Eric Dorland wrote: > severity 398166 wishlist
User privacy is a wishlist item? Does Debian no longer care?
> tags 398166 wontfix
Then this should be prominently displayed, so users can take the
choice before installing 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.
Please provide guidance on how to achieve this, and turn off those
features by default. (Alternativly, ask some question during install).
> > 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).
These points remain valid.
Greetings
Helge
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