[wp-hackers] Re: Plugin update & security / privacy

[Viper007Bond]

Let me refine what I said:

I think version check shouldn't be able to be turned off without a plugin.
It's just too important that a user keeps up to date. But for those fringe
cases, plugins handle it nicely.

As for the statistics, I think it should be opt-out not opt-in. I think the
_vast_ majority of users, including me, realize there's no harm in sending
along WP details and/or more likely, just don't care (all the noob users out
there). For those who do care for some reason, valid or not, a simple check
box would do the trick and avoid any negative... press (right word?) on the
matter.

We definitely don't want to make this seem secretive IMHO.

On 9/23/07, Omry Yadan <omry at yadan.net> wrote:
>
> This is exactly why I said in the "automatic user feedback" thread that
> we should not tie version check with statistical gathering.
>
> those are to different functions, with different importance and
> characteristics.
>
> version check should be turned on by default, statistics gathering
> should be opt-in.
>
> the fact that they somewhat overlap and that it's tempting to merge them
> does not mean it's a good idea to do so.
>
>
> Viper007Bond wrote:
>
> > I think an opt-in method would be a very bad idea. It'd nearly negate
> the
> > whole purpose of the feature as the majority of noob users would never
> turn
> > it on.
> >
> > However, I full heartedly support an opt-out feature as well maybe a
> notice
> > the first time checking. Simply put, the default should be to check, but
> it
> > should be easy (easier than a plugin) to disable it.
> >
> > On 9/23/07, ozgreg <wphackers at galleryembedded.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I can see both sides of the fence here and I agree with Matt is be nice
> to
> >> have a set of statistics but I feel fundamentally we need to give the
> >> blogger the ability to opt in on sending statistics rather than just
> blindly
> >> sending those statistics regardless of how benign they are..
> >>
> >> We all know the history of other applications that have sent statistics
> >> silently back without allowing opt in (or out).. and the backlash those
> >> other applications had to face, lets not go down this road..
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