Re: Security: Be careful with StarDict!
On 2025-08-06 17:18:00 +0300, Henrik Ahlgren wrote:
> Everyone seems to be quite concerned about the notion that the servers
> are located in China (which does not appear to be accurate for
> dict.youdao.com when accessed from, for instance, Europe). This
> perspective sounds overly alarmist and misses the main issue – I believe
> that the default behavior is unacceptable regardless of who operates the
> server and its location.
I completely agree. But the fact that it is outside Europe makes
it worse, IMHO. And the fact that http is used instead of https
makes the issue even worse.
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