| ▲ | guappa 5 days ago |
| Can the problem be fixed without making the software useless? |
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| ▲ | jacquesm 5 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Sure. We've had dictionary software for decades. This whole trend of adding a service to stuff that doesn't need a service is very annoying. |
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| ▲ | guappa 5 days ago | parent [-] | | In that language… | | |
| ▲ | tremon 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Since it has been shown to be possible in other languages, why wouldn't it be? | | |
| ▲ | guappa 5 days ago | parent [-] | | It is possible. If you have a free database to do that please upload it? | | |
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| ▲ | kelnos 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | You can absolutely have an offline DB for lookups/translation for any language that has a server-hosted option available. | | |
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| ▲ | npteljes 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Absolutely. In my understanding and approach, it would need two smaller modifications: 1. making "scanning" (the clipboard capturing feature opt-in, with a huge notification for the implications 2. disabling the English-Chinese online translation plugin by default |
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| ▲ | sim7c00 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| use TLS enabled dictionary service. if there is none, you dont want this feature. at all. make sure they click through something or explicitly enable is even hard as you cannot assume a user understands the impact. they might not understand what it means to send their data over plaintext, or what someone can do with it. |
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| ▲ | kelnos 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I don't want this feature with TLS either. Sometimes I copy passwords from my password manager to paste into the intended app. I don't want everything that enters my clipboard sent to a third party. | |
| ▲ | guappa 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Does this service exist? | | |
| ▲ | rangerelf 5 days ago | parent [-] | | Does it matter? Will the existence or lack thereof excuse the absolute lack of security and privacy this package exhibits? And the lack of interest from the developer? | | |
| ▲ | guappa 5 days ago | parent [-] | | Yes it matters. Something that doesn't exist cannot be used. Any other insightful comment you wish to make? | | |
| ▲ | rangerelf 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Don't be dense. At least try to keep up with the main concern: "sending potentially private or security impacting information in plaintext across the internet". "Does not exist blah blah" That has to be one of the most inane replies I've read in a while. |
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