Glad we got that sorted out. I should’ve made that clear earlier: you’re right, privacy issues with Akismet are rare because most of the comments we check are public.

I guess I thought Askimet sent only a hash of the post and not the entire post. But, come to think of it, posts on a blog are public information anyway. Charset, username and language also. So no need to worry about privacy issues here.

Thanks.

Which information is it that concerns you? Like the new version, previous versions of Akismet sent the entire comment post to Akismet for checking – that’s a necessary part of how a service like Akismet works. The additional information includes only general details (language, charset and username), so it puzzles me that you’d find only these additions to be a privacy issue.

The additional information helps to produce more accurate results and improve Akismet’s ability to adapt to your feedback.

The plugin is open source so you can of course see exactly what it’s doing and make changes if you wish. But do bear in mind that providing less information means less accurate results.

Our privacy and legal policies are listed here and here.

What are you doing with this information? Is it kept on the servers, even though never retransmitted to a third party? What warranty do I have you’ll never change your mind about this engagement?

Is there a way to deactivate this new feature?

Everything submitted to Akismet.com is confidential and will never be provided to third parties.

What kind of information? And what about privacy concerns?

What Vygantas proposed is dangerous, because can lead to flood of third party users with messages.