[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43879: Add tools for anonymizing of post authors

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#43879: Add tools for anonymizing of post authors
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 Reporter:  TZ Media                             |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
                                                 |  Review
Component:  General                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing needs-unit-  |     Focuses:
  tests gdpr 2nd-opinion                         |
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Comment (by TZ Media):

 Here's my first shot on a posts anonymizer.

 I'm currently setting the post_author to the non-existing ID 0 (same ID
 the comments anonymized uses). And I'm not changing anything else, because
 when non attached to a user anymore, I believe the post does not contain
 anything that might be considered personal data (if the content is clean,
 but we don't check that for comments, either).

 As the post itself does not store the author name in some form, I can't
 set it to `__( 'Anonymous' )` or something else.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43879#comment:1>
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