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docs: Update bots security model. #8117

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rishig opened this issue Jan 19, 2018 · 3 comments
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docs: Update bots security model. #8117

rishig opened this issue Jan 19, 2018 · 3 comments

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rishig commented Jan 19, 2018

This section should be updated to clarify what the various kinds of bots can and can't do, and e.g. make it clear that a bot created by a user cannot do anything that the user cannot:
https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/production/security-model.html#users-and-bots

We'll also eventually want a /help doc about this once #7908 is complete, but that can be followup.

@showell fyi. We found out an admin of a realm forbade all bots out of confusion over this point (they suspected the bots might be allowing people to gather private information they otherwise didn't have access to).

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Hello @zulip/server-api members, this issue was labeled with the area: documentation (api and integrations) label, so you may want to check it out!

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@rishig is this resolved?

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rishig commented Oct 23, 2018

It's not. The current model seems kind of broken though; e.g. outgoing webhooks can see all public stream messages, but can't see private stream messages even if they are subscribed?

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