Looking at the effect phorm's systems(*) will have on privacy of 
documents, it appears windows users may have a potential problem 
where linux users don't.

If OOo is used to open a document via http, it appears the windows 
version (2.3.1/xp) sends a Mozilla user agent header. The linux 
version (2.3/ubuntu) doesn't seem to send any user agent information.

I suspect the windows version may possibly be using IE components 
internally - can anyone verify or contradict this please?

It does mean that any assurances by phorm about document privacy 
because they "check the user agent" aren't worth the paper they're 
written on. That is, unless OOo has a way of changing this header 
information.

What does OOo do about cookies from web sites when opening documents 
from the web?



(*) Google or check The Register if you're not aware of the proposed 
web page content monitoring by UK ISPs.

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