[development] WordPress 2.3 Spies On Users

[Gerhard Killesreiter]

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Khalid Baheyeldin schrieb:
> The drupal module in 5.x sends a subset of this (site name, URI, IIRC).
> The new update module in 6.x supersedes that, but I am not up to date
> on the details. It includes installed modules too.
> 
> I think the data is in the DB of drupal.org.
> 
> Is it a big deal if the that info is sent? The highest rated comments so far
> downplay that it is an issue at all.

I think the main issue (and a serious one) is that this is done without
asking the user and without the possibility to switch it off without
extra work. Drupal's phone home feature has always been "opt in".

Cheers,
	Gerhard

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