On 6/16/07, Rory Stolzenberg <rory096(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Please. Yes, theoretically, it's possible for
someone to run multiple
accounts. However, this is possible even without open proxies, and it's
really not particularly difficult to tell that someone has sockpuppets if
all of their accounts use open proxies, they all have the same voice, and
they all do suspicious things together. Using open proxies doesn't block
checkusers from finding sockpuppets, and it doesn't mean that the user's
account will magically become compromised.
Sure it does. Editing through an open proxy exposes a user's account to
compromise in the exact same way that editing on a public computer does.
More so, in fact, because, while it's possible to do a cursory check for
keyloggers on a library computer (for example), it's impossible to verify
the security of a Tor exit node or an open proxy. Blocking open proxies
from editing is as much for the security of the editors as it is for the
security of the project.
I'm inclined to vote against Charlotte's RfA for on the grounds that that
giving admin access to a user who logs in through Tor or any other type of
open proxy is a serious liability to the project.