privacy

YouTube oEmbed and privacy-enhanced mode

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When you´re embed a youtube video in an iframe, you can enable the privacy-enhanced mode, so YouTube doesn´t store information about your web page visitors until they play the video. I’ve tried to embed a video via oEmbed and the URL http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xA3tfBTvH0c but it didn’t work. Is there a chance to implement a privacy-friendly solution … Read more

Which of my blog and personal data is being transfered when WordPress automatically checks for updates?

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I’m generally concerned about privacy and I’ve heard that with each contact to the WordPress API for update checks and similar a lot of my blogs data is being transfered. To get a better impression, I’d like to more specifically know which data is being transfered and when. What’s done with the information and who … Read more

How to allow editor to edit privacy page / settings only?

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In my WordPress installation (4.9.8.) the editor role isn’t allowed to edit the privacy page. It would work with following in my functions.php: $role_object = get_role( ‘editor’ ); $role_object->add_cap( ‘manage_privacy_options’, true ); $role_object->add_cap( ‘manage_options’ ); // this needs to be active in order that before cap works But now the editor has lot more rights … Read more

WordPress MultiSite Active Directory integration and site privacy

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Here’s the overview of the setup: I have a multisite installation of WordPress 3.4.2. I’ve installed the Active Directory Authentication Integration plugin to allow users to use their AD credentials. This also allows assigning AD groups to each site, so that the site admins do not manually have to assign permissions. I have installed the … Read more

Does WordPress send data about your blog to WordPress.org or Automattic?

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I’ve recently heard someone say WordPress does send data about your blog to back home. Is that true? and if so what data is that or where in the code can I see what’s exchanged? 3 Yes, it does. See Ticket #16778 wordpress is leaking user/blog information during wp_version_check(). All the details are in /wp-includes/update.php: … Read more