On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
The mandatory use of HTTPS outside of a limited number of countries where we know the editors will be blocked is not what I am talking about.
No, but the point is that there's no apolitical choice here. Actively suppressing a standard, long overdue security measure in order to ensure that a country's censorship practices do not interfere with editing and access to Wikipedia is a political choice. Not doing so in full awareness of the consequences is a political choice. We cannot claim ignorance or neutrality either way.
The real question is what political choices serve Wikimedia's mission best in the short and long term, and I agree that that's a discussion that extends beyond the technical dimension, so is somewhat OT here.
Erik