[bug #57847] Internet connection opened without user consent by msginit

[Guido Flohr]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57847>

                 Summary: Internet connection opened without user consent by
msginit
                 Project: GNU gettext
            Submitted by: gflohr
            Submitted on: Tue 18 Feb 2020 07:57:18 AM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

The tool msginit tries to download an up-to-date copy of the translation team
table from the internet.  The user is not prompted, before the connection is
openened.  And there is also no commandline-option to opt out of it.

This behavior also seems to be undocumented.

A StackOverflow user has privacy concerns with that behavior
(https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60244078/what-and-why-does-gnu-gettext-send-over-the-public-internet)
and to be honest, I think he is right.




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