“Is Automattic monitoring your hosting switch?” This question has taken the WordPress community by storm following Automattic’s introduction of its latest tool—the ‘WP Engine Tracker.’ This tool, which was designed to monitor websites migrating away from WP Engine, has sparked a heated debate over data ethics and user privacy. Critics argue that Automattic is crossing [...]
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