Bug 411814

Summary:	Option to not fetch enclosures
Product:	[Applications] akregator	Reporter:	Olivier <u-xoo5vaje>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	u-xoo5vaje
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.12.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Olivier 2019-09-11 10:33:55 UTC

SUMMARY

Hi,

Would it be possible to have an option to not fetch enclosures? It's a privacy issue for me.

I like using rss to read my content because it reduces the tracking surface : one may know which feeds I fetch, but not when/if I read articles from them.

But automatically fetching enclosure on read allows just that : it leaks what I read, at the exact time that I read it. I've seen at least one occurrence of a feed using a hash param in the enclosure url, possibly for tracking (it's cointelegraph.com). 

It would be nice if there was at least an option to disable that behavior.

Thanks.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. find a feed with enclosures
2. open an article while connected to the internet : the enclosure is displayed
3. open an other article after disconnecting from the internet : the enclosure is not displayed

OBSERVED RESULT

Akregator seems to fetch enclosure when displaying the rss item.


EXPECTED RESULT

Reading feed items (just the feed content, not opening related article in browser) should not issue trackable requests.