[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26590: remove or disable Gravatar by default and add warning text

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#26590: remove or disable Gravatar by default and add warning text
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 Reporter:  andreasnrb    |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Security      |    Version:
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
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 Since Gravatars can be used to identify individuals that want to be
 anonymous Gravatar functionality should either be removed or disabled by
 default. If it remains there should be a warning text to the site owner
 that their commentators might be identified using it. Also optin when
 commenting for use with gravatar should be required by default.

 We cannot assume that people are aware that Gravatars can be used to
 identify them using their emails. This feature remaining on by default and
 in core essentially says that WordPress core developers don't care about
 their users privacy.
 This is has been done and will continue to be done in the future. Latest
 case was with Disqus and them using Gravatar. But there is no problem with
 identifying people commenting on WordPress sites.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/26590>
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