Re: Security: Be careful with StarDict!

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Cc: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Subject: Re: Security: Be careful with StarDict!
From: Klaus Singvogel <klaus@singvogel.net>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 08:43:54 +0200
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Hi Vincent,

Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Be careful with StarDict! By default, when the application is running,
> it sends whatever the user selects (from other applications) to
> Chinese servers!

Thanks for your warning.

Do you have more details?
▷ Which function in the code?
▷ Which Chinese server?

Reason is, that many years ago this misbehaviour was already fixed.
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534731

Best regards,
	Klaus.
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Klaus Singvogel
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