"easy way" to acknowledge who is the anonymous original poster

[JP TTT]

There is an "easy way" to acknowledge who is the anonymous original poster.
How to replicate:
Go to the post, view who is following (1) and see who has followed the post (2) the same time it is posted (3):

This is a massive flaw in our members privacy compliance.

We already put an internal patch:  inactivated the modal button when the OP is anonymous. 

Can you please check on this ?

Thanks

 

 

[Jim M]

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention! I can confirm this should be further reviewed and I have logged an internal bug report for our development team to investigate and address as necessary, in a future maintenance release.

 

[Nigel Moore]

Thanks @Jim M - this one definitely caused us some embarrassment.

Is there any ETA on when the fix might happen, considering the serious nature of the issue?

[Jim M]

3 minutes ago, Nigel Moore said:

Is there any ETA on when the fix might happen, considering the serious nature of the issue?

I’m afraid, it is too early for that at this juncture. 

[Stuart Silvester]

We have released a patch to address this issue. Please go to AdminCP > System > Support and apply the patch from the first/top left box. If you do not see an option to install the patch, you already have the latest release.