On 12 June 2013 16:41, James Salsman jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
Liam,
Given that 1/1000th sampling of article readers' access logs has recently been increased to complete archival for 30 days, it seems preposterous and misleading to suggest that "we have relatively minimal exposure in the legal/technical sense." Would you please elaborate?
You're forgetting the crucial word "relatively".
I would prefer using banner space to urge a boycott of and individual court actions against the companies who have been acquiescing to the government's data access demands until Congress passes a law abolishing and forbidding the practice of eavesdropping, because of the high rate of incarceration in the US.
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.
Do you believe there is a direct causal relationship from the extent of surveillance and the number of criminal convictions involving mandatory minimum sentences in the US?
I have no idea. Perhaps you could do some research into the matter and publish in a criminology journal.