[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14682: Privacy leakage: gravatars leak identity information

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#14682: Privacy leakage: gravatars leak identity information
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 Reporter:  jmdh             |       Owner:                 
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new            
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments         |     Version:  3.0.1          
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:                 
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Comment(by jmdh):

 Replying to [comment:8 Denis-de-Bernardy]:

 > Leaving this as a feature request, since nothing is technically
 dysfunctional.
 >
 > I'm itching to close the ticket. It seems to me that highlighting the
 problem to the end user (a notice in the comment form, explaining that
 entering an email will reveal the avatar attached to it), and implementing
 the workaround (aka a "Show my Avatar" checkbox in the comment form), can
 (should) both be done in a plugin or in the theme. There's a get_avatar
 hook in get_avatar(), and comments can have a meta field.

 Well, I'm really very surprised that this seems to be the prevailing
 attitude, but this is my first serious look at Wordpress so maybe I'm
 misjudging the sort of things that are important to the Wordpress team. I
 don't really feel that my points are being seriously considered at all in
 any of the responses on this ticket. The fact that you have said nothing
 is technically dysfunctional, and in the next sentence refer to the
 problems, and (technical) workarounds (suggesting that you agree that
 there is a problem) is itself puzzling.

 If there are any aspects of the problem that you think I haven't made
 clear then do point them out and I'll try and explain better.

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