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StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers
StarDict is a GPLv3-licensed cross-platform dictionary application. It includes dictionaries f [...]
It also has a glaring security problem: while running on X11, using Debian's default configuration, it will send a user's text selections over unencrypted HTTP to two remote servers. In response, Xiao pointed out that the package description can be read by any user who chooses to install the software, and it does mention the scan feature. Part of the justification for moving to Wayland over X11 is to make security vulnerabilities relating to one application spying on another more difficult to introduce.
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