[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17338: Impossible to Remove Gravatars

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#17338: Impossible to Remove Gravatars
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 Reporter:  miqrogroove         |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  WordPress.org site  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal              |   Keywords:
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 I've been trying for months to get my wordpress.org gravatars removed from
 the Google Images cache.  While it is not super critical to me personally,
 I wanted to have the reassurance that it was possible to do so, and it is
 apparently not possible.

 Things I have tried:

 1. I changed my Gravatar image.  While this did eventually update on
 wordpress.org, the original images are still stuck in Google.

 2. I clicked the "Don't use this image" link, hoping to get a 404 and then
 use Google's URL removal form.  Instead, I got a generic Gravatar logo.

 3. I clicked the "Delete this e-mail address" link, which does nothing at
 all.  Other than not displaying my address on my profile, that button
 seems to be completely broken.

 Results:

 My "changed" gravatar is still being displayed for certain size
 parameters, while the Gravatar logo is being displayed for others.
 Despite my e-mail address being removed, the Gravatar servers still
 happily respond to the hashed address.

 I could see this type of situation becoming a nightmare for webmasters and
 blog commenters alike.  It poses serious privacy and terms of use issues
 that seem like they would not be easily resolved, also creating potential
 legal problems.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17338>
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