If there's really a need for opt-in, I think that the toolserver should provide a
better method for
authenticating users. Since most tools can't access user's passwords, maybe root
should provide a
single page where users can enter their site + username + password, and a cookie could be
set, and
it would redirect back to the original toolserver tool, and any toolserver tool can read
that cookie
to confirm the user is who they say they are. In this way, it would be much easier for
any tool to
implment an opt-in / opt-back-out mechanism, and it would be more user-friendly for end
users as well.
There are also tools that would be useful to provide to admins or checkuser accounts only,
and a
central authentication page would allow this to function as well. Currently, if admins
want to use
my tools to investigate possible sockpuppets or the like, they have to ask the sockpuppet
to opt-in
first.
I think my current opt-in code is interesting, but it is not a long-term solution. It is
too
cumbersome for users to opt back out, or to ask for only specific features to be
opted-in.
-Dave
On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 07:34:12PM +0200, Jakob Voss wrote:
Hi folks,
I just wanted to let you know that we had a meeting of the board of
Wikimedia Germany. At least until we have a clear answer from our
lawyers we don't want tools that aggregate personal data because of
privacy. But opt-in is all-right of course. Maybe you could spread more
that there are tools you can opt-in for and that other people cannot get
nice stats of what you have done in a Wiki if you don't opt-in.
Greetings,
Jakob
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