[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:  General      |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:               |
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 It has been discussed on the #gdpr-compliance and the question had made
 it's cycle around some other rooms with various replies as well
 occasionally but it's time to take a final decision.

 When WordPress requests updates it sends more than enough data needed to
 actually perform the update.

 We did a search a bit at some point to take a glimpse of the past and how
 all those got added in there and why but couldn't find anything specific.

 There's already a way to modify the call through
 https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/core_version_check_query_args/
 (and may be more as well) but the concept here is to have everything off
 by default and add a proper UI and opt-in for the Admins to select what
 exactly they want to send.

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