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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: Privacy warning: According to Panopticlick 3.0 Akregator does not block trackers effectively
From:       James Cain <james.cain.25 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2017-12-06 18:23:01
Message-ID: CA+6ejqBa+M5NUyewtWmUaDjS7Kh3BTjNBvqnWnCrV59XU02Dpw () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de>
wrote:

> Hi James.
>
> You only replied to me personally. Was this your intention?
>
>
​It was not - sorry about that. Upon sending I also fired up akregator and
realized you will get a preview HTML instance anyway. Maybe the default
function of akregator (and konqueror as well?) would be to offer-up text
only summaries or views anyway? A new button could be added somewhere on
the respective GUIs to see the article in full, as intended by the
respective site(s).

In this day and age, expecting a file manager or RSS reader to also be a
full-fledged web browser is a bit ambitious anyway, unlike 10 years ago
when the web was mainly basic HTML. Not to mention the prolific use of
things like ad-blockers, no-script scripts, and password managers. By
stripping and showing only the text, or text of the 1st paragraph, say, we
could solve the problem in a way that likely is intuitive and
understandable to users.

> This would probably be best added as a suggestion to my upstream bug
report.

Noted - I will take a look at the bug reports. My guess is, however, that
it might be best to make a new bug report recommending some type of change
for the sake of User's privacy and security, citing your bug reports as a
reason, as well as perhaps just being a better long-term solution to this
and future problems. Comments welcome if I am totally off-base here.

Thanks and take care.

- James

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ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On \
Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Martin Steigerwald <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:martin@lichtvoll.de" target="_blank">martin@lichtvoll.de</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi James.<br> <br>
You only replied to me personally. Was this your intention?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" \
class="gmail_default">​It was not - sorry about that. Upon sending I also fired up \
akregator and realized you will get a preview HTML instance anyway. Maybe the default \
function of akregator (and konqueror as well?) would be to offer-up text only \
summaries or views anyway? A new button could be added somewhere on the respective \
GUIs to see the article in full, as intended by the respective site(s).<br></div><div \
style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div \
style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"> In this day and \
age, expecting a file manager or RSS reader to also be a full-fledged web browser is \
a bit ambitious anyway, unlike 10 years ago when the web was mainly basic HTML. Not \
to mention the prolific use of things like ad-blockers, no-script scripts, and \
password managers. By stripping and showing only the text, or text of the 1st \
paragraph, say, we could solve the problem in a way that likely is intuitive and \
understandable to users.</div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" \
class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" \
class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><span \
style="color:rgb(76,17,48)">&gt; This would probably be best added as a suggestion to \
my upstream bug report</span>.</span></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet \
ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet \
ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Noted - I will take a look at the bug reports. \
My guess is, however, that it might be best to make a new bug report recommending \
some type of change for the sake of User&#39;s privacy and security, citing your bug \
reports as a reason, as well as perhaps just being a better long-term solution to \
this and future problems. Comments welcome if I am totally off-base here. \
<br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" \
class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" \
class="gmail_default">Thanks and take care. <br></div><div \
style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><span \
class="gmail-im"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" \
class="gmail_default"><span class="gmail-im">- James<br></span></div><div \
style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div \
style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" \
class="gmail_default"><br></div></div></div></div>



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