On 6/16/07, Rory Stolzenberg rory096@gmail.com wrote:
Please. Yes, theoretically, it's possible for someone to run multiple accounts. However, this is possible even without open proxies, and it's really not particularly difficult to tell that someone has sockpuppets if all of their accounts use open proxies, they all have the same voice, and they all do suspicious things together. Using open proxies doesn't block checkusers from finding sockpuppets, and it doesn't mean that the user's account will magically become compromised.
Sure it does. Editing through an open proxy exposes a user's account to compromise in the exact same way that editing on a public computer does. More so, in fact, because, while it's possible to do a cursory check for keyloggers on a library computer (for example), it's impossible to verify the security of a Tor exit node or an open proxy. Blocking open proxies from editing is as much for the security of the editors as it is for the security of the project.
I'm inclined to vote against Charlotte's RfA for on the grounds that that giving admin access to a user who logs in through Tor or any other type of open proxy is a serious liability to the project.