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

 

 

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.

 

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?

 

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. 

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.