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.