<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 June 2013 16:41, James Salsman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jsalsman@gmail.com" target="_blank">jsalsman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Liam,<br>
<br>
Given that 1/1000th sampling of article readers' access logs has<br>
recently been increased to complete archival for 30 days, it seems<br>
preposterous and misleading to suggest that "we have relatively<br>
minimal exposure in the legal/technical sense." Would you please<br>
elaborate?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You're forgetting the crucial word "relatively". <br></div><div><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I would prefer using banner space to urge a boycott of and individual<br>
court actions against the companies who have been acquiescing to the<br>
government's data access demands until Congress passes a law<br>
abolishing and forbidding the practice of eavesdropping, because of<br>
the high rate of incarceration in the US. </blockquote><div><br></div><div>If you would like to gain consensus that Wikimedia projects use the banner space to promote a boycott of particular technology companies, then I suggest you write a userspace essay to that effect and then try to gain consensus on each project. Good luck with that.<br>
</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Do you believe there is a<br>
direct causal relationship from the extent of surveillance and the<br>
number of criminal convictions involving mandatory minimum sentences<br>
in the US?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I have no idea. Perhaps you could do some research into the matter and publish in a criminology journal.<br></div></div></div></div>