[ckan-dev] Remove public display of e-mail addresses
Rufus Pollock
rufus.pollock at okfn.org
Wed Feb 22 10:38:04 UTC 2012
On 22 February 2012 06:12, Mark Wainwright <mark.wainwright at okfn.org> wrote:
> Aargh! I started to write a post about the Datahub's beautiful new
> User pages, such as Rufus's here:
>
> http://thedatahub.org/user/rufuspollock
>
> when I noticed that it displays the user's e-mail address! Every
> user's e-mail address is currently exposed to the world, without even
> logging in (not that that would make it better). Could someone fix
> this breach of privacy before I take a screenshot for posterity?
This is intentional and just like github. The email is obfuscated but
yes it is intentionally public there.
> While I guess showing the full name is ok, I think this should be
> explicit at signup here:
>
> http://thedatahub.org/user/register
>
> I.e. under the box for 'Full name (optional)' should appear something
> like 'Visible on your public profile page.'
Sure, though I note this is obfuscated.
rufus
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