Bug Report: Conflict between "Can post anonymously" and "Automatically follow content" functions

[Xiaodidi8]

 

Summary:

The "Can post anonymously" function conflicts with the "Automatically follow content" feature. When a user posts anonymously, their username still appears in the list of users following the topic, effectively revealing their identity despite posting anonymously.

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Steps to Reproduce:

1. Enable both the "Can post anonymously" and "Automatically follow content" features for a user.
2. The user posts content anonymously in a specific topic.
3. The user's name is automatically added to the list of users following the topic.
4. Check the list of followers for the topic.

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Expected Behavior:

When a user posts anonymously, their identity should remain hidden. Their username should not appear in the list of users following the topic if they posted anonymously.

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Actual Behavior:

The user's identity is revealed in the list of followers of the topic, as their username is automatically added to the follower list despite posting anonymously.

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Impact:

This bug compromises the anonymity of users, violating the expected functionality of the "Can post anonymously" feature and potentially causing privacy concerns.

 

 

[Daniel F]

Since 4.7.16 the follow state is also anonymous/hidden for anonymous content!

 

[Xiaodidi8]

Hi,

we are using v4.7.16 and the issue still exist.

 

 

[Daniel F]

I can't reproduce this

 

Are you using any 3rd party apps which are changing the posting behavior?

Could you please try this with all 3rd party apps disabled?

 

[Xiaodidi8]

We checked our code and it doesn't seem to be fixed. We did it by ourself now. 

[Daniel F]

That's not the recent code, are you using the recent version?

This changed in 4.7.17

			$save = array(
				'follow_id'				=> md5( static::$application . ';' . $followArea . ';' . $obj->$idColumn . ';' .  \IPS\Member::loggedIn()->member_id ),
				'follow_app'			=> static::$application,
				'follow_area'			=> $followArea,
				'follow_rel_id'			=> $obj->$idColumn,
				'follow_member_id'		=> \IPS\Member::loggedIn()->member_id,
				'follow_is_anon'		=> isset( $values[ 'post_anonymously' ] ) ? (bool) $values[ 'post_anonymously' ] : 0,
				'follow_added'			=> time() + 1, // Make sure streams show follows after content is created
				'follow_notify_do'		=> 1,
				'follow_notify_meta'	=> '',
				'follow_notify_freq'	=> \IPS\Member::loggedIn()->auto_follow['method'],
				'follow_notify_sent'	=> 0,
				'follow_visible'		=> 1
			);