[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43492: Core Telemetry and Updates

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#43492: Core Telemetry and Updates
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 Reporter:  xkon              |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Upgrade/Install   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  gdpr 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by DavidAnderson):

 > The IP / domain is needed to actually... well do the WordPress update!

 That's not the case - updates are pulled, not pushed. wordpress.org
 doesn't need to know or care about which site is asking the question about
 update availability for specified plugins, in order to advise on that
 availability. For the URL/domain, you can verify that by editing the
 updates check routine in WP core to send fake info. For the IP, you can
 verify it by connecting a site behind a firewall that does not allow
 incoming connections (e.g. a localhost site) - updates still work.

 BTW - back in https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43492#comment:23 some
 things are marked as "not stored". Presumably that means that the other
 things are currently stored? So, wordpress.org have a database that
 records things like what plugins, and many users, every WP site in the
 world (that makes updates checks) has, indexed by site URL? Or are some of
 the things not marked as "not stored" in fact, not stored?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43492#comment:39>
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