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Re: Security: Be careful with StarDict!



On Mon, 2025-08-04 at 10:21 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> 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:

Then don't use stardict, there's plenty of alternatives :)

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Maytham

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