Podcast Episode 36: Proposals to Improve WordPress Include WP Notify and Security Backporting Changes

This week, we talk about our corporate trip to DEF CON, the WordPress security team’s proposal to backport security fixes to fewer releases, a new feature proposal called WP Notify that has a number of very positive implications for WordPress users, Cloudflare’s decision to terminate service for 8Chan, and a European court’s ruling that companies using the Facebook “like” button are liable for data collection.

Here are timestamps in case you would like to jump around:
1:18 The Defiant trip to DEF CON
3:05 WordPress Security team proposes backporting fixes to fewer releases
6:58 Feature Proposal: WP Notify
11:52 Cloudflare terminates service for 8Chan
16:05 Sites using Facebook “like” button liable for data

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This week in the news we cover:

• The WordPress security team discusses backporting security fixes to fewer versions.
• A new feature project proposal for WP Notify looks to introduce better notifications for system state changes.
• Cloudflare announces termination of service for 8Chan.
• Sites using the Facebook ‘Like’ button liable for data, rules a EU court.

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