[wp-testers] Re: Bugs/Fixes, Security Requests

[Otto]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:03 PM, g30rg3_x <g30rg3x at gmail.com> wrote:
> if you don't want to see it as security
> then don't see it as security see it as privacy... i don't want people
> to easily get this information just as you don't want spammers to get
> your email address (crappy comparison but reflects my point).

Yes, really crappy comparison, as my email address is displayed and
linked in the clear on my own webpage. Email address obfuscation is
pointless and dumb. You can't solve "spam" by hiding information.

I don't see how disclosure of the usernames or versions is a privacy
issue. Knowing the usernames/versions doesn't give anybody anything
useful.

-Otto