On 6/15/07, Kat Walsh kat@mindspillage.org wrote:
On 6/15/07, Slim Virgin slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
Trojan admin accounts can do a lot of damage. They can view and copy deleted material; unblock abusive users; unprotect pages that would be better left protected; cause endless arguments on AN/I by questioning other admins; log and hand out conversations on the admins' channel, and doubtless other things I haven't thought of.
I still don't see why someone using an anonymizing proxy, who has maintained a consistent identity, does not resemble another user, and otherwise does not ping anyone's trouble radar, is more of a risk here than any other admin for whom we do not know any personal details.
Expanding on this: I think it would be fair to be particularly suspicious, not to give the benefit of the doubt, if the account smelled funny and it was also using anonymous proxies to edit.
But using them in itself isn't an indication that someone wants to do harm, nor is someone intending to do harm much limited by the restriction.
-Kat