[jitsi-users] Bug report: turn off image autoloading during OTR mode

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#1

Hey Jitsi-ers,

I noticed today that Jitsi auto-loads image URLs during OTR sessions,
including over clear HTTP. IMO, this shouldn't be the default behavior,
because it leaks content from a private conversation to (1) the server
hosting the image, and (2) local network attackers if the image is not
HTTPS.

Jitsi's UA string and other HTTP headers are fairly distinctive, so it's
potentially possible for third parties to fingerprint Jitsi users from
this leak.

Thanks,
Yan

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#2

Yeh, i agree, IMHO it would be useful at least to show a warning about
it when a OTR chat is started and in the chat preferences window...

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On 29.07.2014 22:31, Yan Zhu wrote:

Hey Jitsi-ers,

I noticed today that Jitsi auto-loads image URLs during OTR
sessions, including over clear HTTP. IMO, this shouldn't be the
default behavior, because it leaks content from a private
conversation to (1) the server hosting the image, and (2) local
network attackers if the image is not HTTPS.