Marcus (aka @msykes)

Marcus

Pixelite

This is a very simple and lightweight plugin that anonymizes default avatars and prevents the user’s gravatar being automatically obtained from gravatar.com based on their registered email. This would be useful for sites where users require an extra layer of privacy, or if you just want to prevent potentially silly or embarrasing avatar accidents.
If you’re using Identicons or any other generated default avatar, the user should keep a consistent avatar unless they change their registered email.
You can also disable Gravatar completely and choose a default image to display.
This plugin is also compatible with other avatar customization plugins such as <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/avatar-manager/" rel="ugc">Avatar Manager</a>, <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/" rel="ugc">BuddyPress</a> or <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-new-default-avatar/" rel="ugc">Add New Default Avatar</a>, since this plugin specifically prevents the gravatar of a specific user email being used and reverts to the default or user-defined avatar.
Important 3.0 Update – BuddyPress users should visit the Settings > Discussion page on your dashboard and choose one of the Disable Gravatar options to restore previous behavior.
If you have any issues or suggestions, please visit our <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-user-gravatar" rel="ugc">support forums</a>.
If you find this plugin useful and would like to say thanks, please leave us a <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/disable-user-gravatar?filter=5" rel="ugc">5 star review</a>!

Disable User Gravatar

The plugin is a must-have for each WordPress installation. One can't process the email of the user (personal information) to create a hash and sent it to a remote server without consent of the user.

Must-have

Stops WordPress from grabbing a user avatar using their registrated email from gravatar.com.

rich! @ etiviti

** IMPORTANT **
This plugin will not be updated for future versions of BuddyPress (1.3) – if you would like to take over this plugin, please contact me. 
http://twitter.com/#!/etiviti/statuses/29550143485247489
This plugin allows certain XML-RPC commands for BuddyPress (Requires a client!)
A client application is required to connect to this BuddyPress XML-RPC – Receiver plugin. This could be anything from a standalone WordPress plugin to an iPhone app.
Please read the FAQ and About Page.
<h4>Related Links:</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://blog.etiviti.com/2010/06/buddypress-xmlrpc-receiver-plugin/" title="BuddyPress XML-RPC - Receiver - Blog About Page" rel="nofollow ugc">About Page</a></li>
<li><a href="http://etivite.com" title="Plugin Demo Site" rel="nofollow ugc">Author’s BuddyPress Demo Site</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Extra Configuration</h3>

BuddyPress XMLRPC – Receiver

This plugin allows certain XML-RPC commands for BuddyPress (Requires a client!)

Disable User Gravatar vs BuddyPress XMLRPC – Receiver