https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163935

--- Comment #10 from Eyal Rozenberg <[email protected]> ---
Thinking about this some more, I am against implementing this. The benefit is
outweighed by the potential for inadvertantly disclosing information one does
not wish to have disclosed.

Example: Guest account on a desktop computer somewhere. Person 1 opens a
document which is password-protected and searches for some sensitive
information. They then close the document and leave. Then, Person 2 logs in and
starts LibreOffice. They can now see strings or pairs-of-strings from within a
confidential document, with zero effort. The pairs-of-strings also allow them
some insight regarding what actions Person 1 was taking.

Also, thinking about the applications I use which have Find/F&R functionality -
I believe essentially all of them retaining Find strings and Fine/Replace
between app sessions: Text Editors, IDEs, PDF readers and so on.


But - what about as an opt-in feature? In that case, the level of danger is
somewhat lower, although not all the way down, since the person typing in the
search string might not be aware of the opt-in. So in this case I don't have a
strong opinion either way.

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