As far as I can tell (and from comments made in the past by actual Tor users), there is no problem whatsoever for Tor users to read Wikipedia while using Tor. Editing is a completely different situation - and well it should be, given the pure unadulterated trash that tends to come in whenever a Tor exit node is missed in the routine lockdowns.
I recognize the concerns about ISP tracking and what I assume most Wikimedians would consider inappropriate use of their browsing information. I understand why more and more Wikimedians are electing to use VPNs and other more secure methods of accessing the internet. But VPNs are also heavily abused - not just by socks, but by individuals who consciously and intentionally disrupt projects - and thus more and more of them are getting locked in "only accounts can edit" or even "only IPBE can edit" mode - often on a global basis, not just one individual wiki. It occurs to me that we can probably be more liberal in handing out IPBE - which covers both Tor users and VPN users. It's not an idea situation, since people have to establish their account history before anyone's going to hand them IPBE, but it is probably better than nothing. And yes, the place to ask is at Global IPBE, because getting IPBE on only one project is unhelpful if one also pitches in elsewhere (Wikidata, Commons, etc.).
Risker/Anne
On 5 June 2017 at 19:34, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Cristian Consonni wrote:
I have read several discussions on the topic (going back to 2006) and what I have understood from those is that the biggest issue with editing via Tor is sockpuppeting.
This Phabricator comment you found seems pretty useful: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T71333#728636.
And Faidon posted in November 2014 about the establishment of a Tor relay: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-November/079392.html
How does your proposal interact (if at all) with the existing Tor relay set up in late 2014?
It's unclear to me whether "Tor onion service" in this context is equivalent to a Tor exit node. I'm fairly sure setting up the latter has been discussed previously on wikimedia-l and/or wikitech-l.
MZMcBride
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