GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 759699
[Privacy] Don't leak real name (=full user name) unless specified
Last modified: 2021-06-10 11:03:45 UTC
Steps to reproduce: 1. fresh installation of polari 2. add a connection. Set nickname but don't set real name field. 3. join a channel 4. list channel members, list details on yourself What happens: Real name is the name connected with your local (Fedora) login. What should happen: Unless specified otherwise polari must not leak my name out into the public Additional info: You could default the "real name" field to full OS user name. But please make it visible in the connection setup dialog. And please add an option to remove the user name.
(In reply to Christian Stadelmann from comment #0) > What happens: > Real name is the name connected with your local (Fedora) login. Ugh, this is definitively not our intention - telepathy-idle is adding that behind our back[0]. Preferably we can get that code removed, otherwise we'd need to work around the issue by setting the real name to a single space, but eeks. [0] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/telepathy/telepathy-idle/tree/src/idle-connection.c#n764
I believe this is related so not opening a second bug. 1. Add a connection and see your Real Name is auto-filled as "John Doe" 2. Remove " Doe", leaving only "John" in the field 3. Save changes 4. Select the connection you just added and click Edit Expected real name: John Actual real name: John Doe
Upstream (telepathy-idle) bug report with patch attached: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97210
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