If you are a Wordpress 2.3 User, and you want to disable the feature of Update checking, that has been requested by the Wordpress community for ages now. If you are a person who is concerned about the privacy, then I suggest you check out these plugins that will prevent the checking for updates.
Completely disables the core update checking system which is a new feature in WordPress 2.3. The plugin prevents WordPress from checking for updates, and prevents any notifications from being displayed in the admin area. Ideal for administrators of multiple WordPress installations.
Completely disables the plugin update checking system which is a new feature in WordPress 2.3. The plugin prevents WordPress from checking for updates, and prevents any notifications from being displayed on the Plugins page. Ideal for administrators of multiple WordPress installations.
If you use the plugins for Wrdpress, then I suggest you manually update your Wordpress Installation and Plugins everytime a new update comes out, because they include a lot of security fixes and new features.
