[ckan-dev] Remove public display of e-mail addresses

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