[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 intoxination):

 As one of the originals on this ticket I would like to throw in the issue
 of the information being sent. I just saw Mark Jaquith's Twitter post
 stating the items sent when checking for an update - including
 plugin/theme author's name. When you think about that, it does present
 another issue. For example -- John Smith maybe doing some little anonymous
 blogging. He wanted some simple feature on his blog that there wasn't a
 plugin for, so he header over to wp-hackers and someone said "hey just do
 this quick filter". Now he uses one of the plugins packaged with WP and
 grabs the top comment section that includes this information and replaces
 it all with is own, thinking that no one will ever see it. Of course no
 one should, but the fact that WP is sending it out means there is always a
 chance.


 Adding also that URL's are not always public. WP is a wide use
 application, which speaks to the power of it, and in some cases people use
 it on private corporate intranets complete with their own DNS server and
 that gives them the power of having internal URLs that aren't for the
 public's eye.

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