Using Gravatar

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Just a warning to all who use Gravatar, check over your account for public facing information.
A recent discovery shows info that can be harvested by miscreants via json files.
More info on:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/online-avatar-service-gravatar-allows-mass-collection-of-user-info/

Windows - commercial by definition and now function...

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I KNEW there was a reason I didn’t want to use Gravitar…as always in many things, “less is more.”

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Nibbled To Death By Ducks wrote:

I KNEW there was a reason I didn’t want to use Gravitar

You mean apart from the warnings already given??? i.e.

Kirsty wrote:

On the subject of Gravatar security concerns:
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/gravatar-advisory-protect-email-address-identity/

(From WordFence, the security arm of WordPress & Gravatar)

(and the linked topics in the topic tag above)

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Windows - commercial by definition and now function...

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