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Three Oh Five – WordPress Upgrade are out

The upgrade to 3.0.5 was resleased yesterday. From the release notes: Two moderate security issues were fixed that could have allowed a Contributor- or Author-level user to gain further access to the site. One information disclosure issue was addressed that could have allowed an Author-level user to view contents of posts they should not be able to see, such as draft or private posts. Two securit ...

Expire private images to protect privacy on the Internet?

A new product over at x-pire.net (which redirects to x-pire.de) was unveiled in Germany today, with the aim of embedding expiry times and information into images so that they cannot be viewed after a certain time. In that way there should be a maximum lifespan to digital images on the web to prevent future embarassment, usage etc. At this stage, the prototype is available as plug-in for Firefox ( ...

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink – WordPress Upgrade

… it’s time to go 0-3, I think — WordPress 3.0.3 is out – but the update is really only applicable to remote publishing-enabled systems… WordPress 3.0.3 is available and is a security update for all previous WordPress versions. This release fixes issues in the remote publishing interface, which under certain circumstances allowed Author- and Contributor-level users t ...