Re: Security: Be careful with StarDict!
On 2025-08-04 14:40:25 +0800, Maytham Alsudany wrote:
> Yes, that's a feature: it will lookup your selections in local and
> online dictionaries, and by default it searches English-Chinese
> dictionaries. You can disable it in the settings by enabling "Only scan
> while the modifier key is being pressed" under "Scan Selection", or
> disable the network dictionary plugins (dict.cn and youdao.com).
Such a feature should have never been enabled by default. At least
under X11 since as you say, for Wayland:
> If you use Wayland, application will be sandboxed by default, so it
> won't be able to get selections from other apps anyway.
Note that's more due to the way selections work under X11 and Wayland.
Even if an application is sandboxed under X11 in a usual way, it will
be able to see the selection. Or one would have to start the sandbox
with its own X server (e.g. --x11=xephyr with firejail?), but with
consequences on the usuability of the application itself.
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