On 11/2/05, Amgine <amgine(a)saewyc.net> wrote:
Anthony DiPierro wrote:
Personally I just started using Tor. So CheckUser
doesn't affect me any
more. As an added bonus I don't have to worry about Google tracking me
either. Fortunately, most Tor exit nodes aren't currently blocked,
though.
If this changes, this workaround might go away.
Hopefully the other
policy,
to allow (at least some) logged in users to edit
through blocked proxies,
will pass by then.
Having just spent a couple of evenings dealing with a Tor-using vandal,
I would personally immediately suspect any account using Tor of
sock-puppetry simply due to guilt by association. Secrecy and anonymity
are laudable, but since their primary visible use is to engage in
unethical and/or illegal behavior vis-a-vis Wikimedia projects they are
immediately deserving of suspicion.
For the same reason Wiki projects do not allow "public" accounts, there
is no reason to use anonymizing techniques when
editing. You may
instantly and anonymously receive an account. Your IP will not be
examined except in unusual circumstances, and then will be handled under
a stringent privacy policy which protects your information even in the
case of wrong doing. For these reasons, I would personally be in favour
of blocking access, or at least editing, to all anonymizing services.
Amgine
You're confusing IP addresses and anonymity. When I edit, I use my real
name. I'm not anonymous in any way. I primarily use tor to hide my IP
address, not my identity.
I don't care that you say that my IP won't be examined except in unusual
circumstances. The simple fact that this is recorded in the first place is
enough, and the lack of protections to make sure that it *cannot* be
examined except in unusal circumstances combined with the fact that I am not
even notified when this information is examined are enough to put it over
the top.
Wiki projects do not need to know my IP address, and I'm not going to
provide it. If you don't want my edits under those conditions, it's your
loss.