On Jun 23, 2006, at 4:51 PM, George Herbert wrote:
On 6/22/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
I think people are seriously underestimating the seriousness of some personal privacy violations.
I am curious as to what situations could have happened here.
Coming from almost 20 years experience in Usenet, having trolls and kooks show up and sometimes post people's home addresses and phone numbers and work contact info including boss and so on... most of these blow over without any notable harm other than people's sensitivity.
I would be less happy with my Social Security Number or Drivers License going up somewhere, but I've had my home address and phone number spammed by nuts.
You take your victim as you find them. If you kill a person with a thin skull it is still manslaughter.
Some of our editor are not very tough characters. Perhaps they have led sheltered scholarly lives.
We do what we can to prevent harassment.
Fred