[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44022: Location information of admin users leaked

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#44022: Location information of admin users leaked
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 Reporter:  alicewondermiscreations  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:
Component:  Administration           |     Version:  4.8
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                           |     Focuses:  administration
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Changes (by iandunn):

 * keywords:  gdpr =>
 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  duplicate =>


Comment:

 Continuing the discussion from ticket:43492#comment:65...

 In my experience, the response to the Events Widget has been
 overwhelmingly positive. It was even featured in last year's State of the
 Word presentation twice ([https://wordpress.tv/2017/12/04/matt-mullenweg-
 state-of-the-word-2017/ video],
 [https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/files/2017/10/sotw2017_v2.5.pdf slides]).
 Event attendance is up more than 30% since it was released, which I think
 is a strong indicator that users are finding it helpful.

 The team that worked on it gathered a lot of feedback while it was in the
 feature plugin phase^([https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/04/14/nearby-
 wordpress-events/ 1], [https://make.wordpress.org/community/2017/03/23
 /showing-upcoming-local-events-in-wp-admin 2],
 [https://make.wordpress.org/community/2017/06/07/wordpress-4-8-adds-
 events-to-the-dashboard-news-widget/ 3])^, and that was also very
 positive. I can only remember
 [https://make.wordpress.org/community/2017/03/23/showing-upcoming-local-
 events-in-wp-admin/#comment-23207 one comment questioning whether or not
 it belonged in Core].

 I'm happy to admit there's some selection bias going on there, though,
 since I've mainly heard feedback from event organizers, and attendees
 who's learned about events through the widget. It's entirely possible
 that's there's a large number of users who dislike the widget, and we just
 haven't heard from them.

 If that is the case, I would expect there to be a large number posts on
 the w.org forums, Trac tickets, comments on blogs like WP
 Tavern^([https://wptavern.com/community-team-releases-plugin-that-
 displays-wordpress-events-nearby 1], [https://wptavern.com/wordpress-4-8
 -evans-released-featuring-nearby-wordpress-events-new-media-widgets-and-
 link-boundaries 2])^, people creating/installing plugins to disable it,
 etc. Are you aware of anything that would indicate that? If there is some
 evidence, then it's certainly worth considering.

 Given the benefits that the widget has created, though, I personally feel
 like the evidence would need to be very strong in order to make a
 compelling case for removing the widget.

 If anyone would like to create a plugin that disables the widget, I think
 it's already possible with existing hooks, depending on exactly what the
 goal is (prevent network requests, remove events but keep news, remove
 events and news, etc). If more hooks are needed, though, then that's worth
 considering too.

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