[Adium-devl] Fwd: [Adium-feedback] Auto-Accept Direct Connect

[Ken Raeburn]

On Apr 22, 2008, at 08:05, Evan Schoenberg wrote:
> On Apr 21, 2008, at 11:04 PM, Colin Barrett wrote:
>
>> I'm not entirely sure this behavior is always the right thing to do
>> -- Especially since the persons IP is displayed in UI, and direct   
>> connection is in general a privacy issue, I think there's definitely
>> a case to be made for having a way to turn this off.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> It only happens for people on your contact list.  It never happens for
> people not on your contact list.  I don't see any problem with this,
> personally.

It does seem like a concern to me.  Having someone in my contact list  
because I have to communicate with them for work reasons or whatever  
doesn't automatically mean they're close personal friends of mine or  
that I want them to be able to find out where I am any time I'm  
online.  The Zephyr protocol reveals this information (by using the IP  
address as part of the message-ID field) but the others let you keep  
some measure of privacy in this regard when online.

Ken