Well, considering my life was already kind of in shambles beforehand, there wasn't much more to be done, and I didn't risk much, but still, I valued my privacy then - and still do.
I live in France with french citizenship, where I enjoy a rather comfortable freedom of expression, but I'm also thinking of contributors in less free countries who, despite being potentially despicable by potentially deserving global bans, are also potentially being targets from local authorities or groups of other sorts should their real identities be ever divulged, not because of their global bans or the reasons thereof, but because of their legitimate contributions to free culture and knowledge (you know, what we *usually* do on the Wikimedia projects, other than bicker on these mailing lists about whether or not the Wikimedia Foundation should have done things differently).
The least information we give publicly about (current and former) members of the community, the better. No matter whether we like them or not, even if we absolutely despise them, even if they "deserve it" : they don't. Even if they were one of my harassers, even if they lived in a free country, I'd be sternly, strongly, and strictly against it.
Alphos
Le ven. 5 juil. 2019 à 13:52, Vi to vituzzu.wiki@gmail.com a écrit :
Putting it simple WMF/functionaries/the community itself should take the less invasive actions needed to protect themselves.
A public list of "persona non grata" for events is needed for sure, but I don't see any practical need to have it publicly shared.
Vito
Il giorno ven 5 lug 2019 alle ore 13:41 Andy Mabbett < andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> ha scritto:
Den fre. 5. jul. 2019 kl. 11.53 skrev Thomas Townsend <
homesec1783@gmail.com
You don;t explain why being "doxxed" was a bad thing for you, or indeed what the downside is for anyone, You simply assert that it is a Bad Thing and must not happen. Would you like to give your reasons for those assertions?
I lost my wallet to a pickpocket last week. Do I now need to give reasons why this was a bad thing?
Quite apart from the fact that you ignore the text "It may get them jailed for the wrong reasons. It may get them harmed for their genuine contributions."
On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 at 12:25, Thyge ltl.privat@gmail.com wrote:
- and please explain the meaning of 'doxxed" as well. Is that US slang?
If only there was some sort of free online encyclopedia, where such things could be looked up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing
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