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From: Alex Günsche <ag.ml2...@zirona.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:12:49 +0200
Local: Sun, Sep 23 2007 7:12 am
Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Plugin update & security / privacy
On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 03:52 -0700, Viper007Bond wrote: That's not true. Most blogs are on virtual hosting environments, where > And by checking for an update, your server's IP address is sent > automatically. It wouldn't be hard to reverse lookup that IP. many domains are assigned to one IP. And even if in fact you have only one domain on your server, the party performing a reverse lookup will not be able to tell that. Therefore it's a large difference whether you log the client IP or you transmit the blog URL. And this is the very reason why Automattic logs the Blog URL. > Simply put, if you really insist on wearing a tin foil hat, it's uber easy It's none of WP's business who runs a blog. I know some people don't > to disable the automatic update checker. For the other 99.99999% of people > out there, this feature will be a godsend to them in both terms of new > features and more importantly, the _only_ real way to make sure your site > doesn't get hacked -- by running the latest version. care about privacy, I however do, and I disapprove anybody trying to gather more information than neccessary about me and what I do. Unless anybody can give me a good explaination for why Wordpress/Automattic needs to know my URLs. By the way, I was rather shocked when I saw what big bunch of data Alex -- _______________________________________________ You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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