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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Outstanding critical issue for KDE 2.2
From:       Torsten Rahn <tackat () suse ! de>
Date:       2001-08-01 20:00:14
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Roberto Teixeira wrote:
> 
> Em Quarta 01 Agosto 2001 18:52, Torsten Rahn escreveu:
> > Malte Starostik wrote:
> > > Am Mittwoch, 1. August 2001 20:58 schrieb Waldo Bastian:
> > > > Hiya,
> > > >
> > > > KDE 2.2 seems to come along pretty nicely, I do have one critical issue
> > > > though:
> > > >
> > > > I believe that information typed into forms on secure websites (https)
> > > > can end up on the hard-disk due to auto-completion. This may mean that
> > > > credit-card information may end up on places where the user does not
> > > > expect it, which is an unacceptable situation.
> > > >
> > > > Can someone confirm that this is indeed the case? Can this be fixed
> > > > ASAP?
> > >
> > > Hmm, indeed. Would it be okay to simply disable auto completion for now
> > > (to not introduce a new string for the config dialog :)?
> >
> > Why would one need a new string for the config-dialog here?
> >
> 
> An option like "Do not use AutoCompletion on encrypted sites"?

Wouldn't it make more sense to just disable Autocompletion on 
encrypted sites then without offering an option for now?

If you disable this feature completely only < 1% of the people
using KDE will be aware of this feature. 

Greetings,
Tackat 

> --
> Roberto Teixeira, maragato@conectiva.com, maragato@kde.org

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