[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14682: Privacy leakage: gravatars leak identity information

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#14682: Privacy leakage: gravatars leak identity information
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 Reporter:  jmdh             |       Owner:                 
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new            
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments         |     Version:  3.0.1          
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:                 
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Comment(by Denis-de-Bernardy):

 Replying to [comment:12 jmdh]:
 > If there are any aspects of the problem that you think I haven't made
 clear then do point them out and I'll try and explain better.

 Imo, your points are quite clear.

 It's just that, generally, functionality which is of interest to nearly
 all users go in core; while the rest remains plugin material. This is to
 avoid feature creep in core. (There are exceptions, mind you. Matt's pet
 features, e.g. the capital_P_dangit() garbage or over-zealous data
 collection when calling home, go in regardless of what the majority of
 contributors think.)

 Personally, I can easily picture a user changing his screen name before
 making a nasty comment on his favorite site, only to realize upon having
 posted it that his gravatar shows up because he forgot to change his
 email. So I do see the point in trying to prevent this. But I also think
 there is truth in Eric Smith's provocative comment -- anonymity is going
 to die.

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