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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