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On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Sharon Burton <sharon -at- anthrobytes -dot- com> wrote:
> Yes, I would be upset if Feedback phoned home to MadCap, too. That would be
> bad. That's why it doesn't do that. ... There is no phone home feature ...
Wrong:
Q: If a user installs a feedback-enabled help system, I believe that
the system will push to the feedback server, information about which
search terms that user has searched for. Is there a way for a user to
choose to opt out of this? ...
A: Its not possible to disable the feedback from the user end, the
only way would be to disable a connection to the internet.
Comment: We've had the same concerns, as we have some very high
security end-users with very strict policies. The workaround solution
we found was just to instruct users who do not want to submit feedback
to block our secure URL. ...
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