[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50023: Facilitating the transparent editing of user comments by providing sane core defaults

[WordPress Trac]

#50023: Facilitating the transparent editing of user comments by providing sane
core defaults
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 Reporter:  marciancarutasu       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)          |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments              |     Version:  5.4
 Severity:  major                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-privacy-review  |     Focuses:  privacy
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Comment (by marciancarutasu):

 @carike
 It's a simple flaw, first time using TRAC, don't really know what I'm
 doing.
 Surely, it concerns privacy.
 I wouldn't like it if I left a "I don't like your product" comment on an
 E-SHOP, and two days later I would see that comment "I love your product"
 with MY name on it, no edit trace/report and no possibility to edit/delete
 it.

 Comments can be used for testimonials and positive/negative
 adverstisement, so a harmful one can be deleted but not turned into a a
 positive one without any possibility for the comments owner to restore it
 in original form.

 Indeed databases can be altered.

 I am not registered on your website, but I do leave a comment. you can
 make it your own with my name on it and I have no possibility of editing
 it ever again.

 I use WordPress for years now, I love it, was a friendly notice that got
 deleted immediately.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50023#comment:17>
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