[akregator] [Bug 411814] New: Option to not fetch enclosures

[Olivier]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411814

            Bug ID: 411814
           Summary: Option to not fetch enclosures
           Product: akregator
           Version: 5.12.1
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: u-xoo5vaje at hah0ahju.com
  Target Milestone: ---

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.

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