[theme-reviewers] Hidden IP field in theme contact form

[Daniel Fenn]

And the fact that webservers collect ip addresses as well. (apache,
litespeed etc)

On 5/11/13, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <philip at frumph.net> wrote:
> Yeah, really not having an issue with it, there’s no rule or regulation
> against sending the IP hidden or otherwise.    Mail’s generally have the
> originators IP in them to begin with, this is just making sure the IP of the
> ‘real’ originator since it will be coming from the users server’s location
> in the headers of the mail.
> Just to point out that regular vanilla WordPress collects IP’s of comments
> without notifying.
> From: Bryan Hadaway
> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 4:56 PM
> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Hidden IP field in theme contact form
>
> 1. To block known bad IPs (like Akismet), to build location stats on your
> users (no different than GA, nothing unethical about it that I can tell at
> first glance).
>
>
> 2. This would be better asked as why disclose that info? I've never seen a
> form on any website EVER, do this. That includes .org and .com. I've seen
> little snippets about why your email address is needed, but I've absolutely
> NEVER seen in a form in any context EVER have a little "PS: We also collect
> your IP for spam and banning purposes." And I sincerely doubt you or anyone
> else on this list has ever seen that besides buried deep in the bowels of
> the TOS or Privacy Policy fine print that doesn't really apply in this
> context anyways.
>
>
> 3. Because the options are stored in the db, not sent to someone's inbox. An
> inbox that perhaps would rather avoid being filled with potentially
> thousands of spam emails or even if they went to the spam folder. Also, I'm
> sure there are other serious professionals like myself who aren't negligent
> enough to simply delete their spam emails without scanning them for false
> positives first.
>
>
> Hey, maybe this person really does somehow have malicious intent, though I
> can't imagine how, but ultimately I'm protected the precedent, not the
> individual use-case which I think most of us understand is the larger
> concern when these issues come up.
>
>
> As to the last bit, that's programmer speak that goes right over my head.
>
>
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Regards,
Daniel Fenn