[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #5066: Anonymize update checking

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#5066: Anonymize update checking
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 Reporter:  zamoose                        |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement                    |       Status:  reopened 
 Priority:  normal                         |    Milestone:  3.0      
Component:  Administration                 |      Version:           
 Severity:  normal                         |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion privacy  |  
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Comment(by Denis-de-Bernardy):

 Replying to [comment:30 strider72]:
 > Why can't we simply do an MD5 hash of the URL?  We need a unique
 identifier, but do we need to know the actual URL?  I can't see any reason
 why we do.

 I can see one good reason -- stats. md5($url) cannot go through
 parse_url() in order to eliminate dup data from the same domain: two sites
 or more on subdomains, multiple sites in folders, etc.

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