[WikiEN-l] Privacy Study Looking for Volunteers

James Farrar james.farrar at gmail.com
Sun Mar 29 15:57:48 UTC 2015


Wikipedia is suing the NSA? Seriously?
On 28 Mar 2015 11:23, "Brian J Mingus" <brian.mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:

> It has worked up to now, but I'm thinking that, especially given Wikimedia
> is suing the NSA, it is no longer justifiable. If the NSA can't track
> citizens, Wikimedia shouldn't be tracking them either. Seems simple :)
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Francesco Ariis <fa-ml at ariis.it> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 01:19:35PM -0400, Brian J Mingus wrote:
> > > I think it's rather curious that edits to Wikipedia aren't private. Why
> > log
> > > the IP address? Why log anything? It's invasive.
> >
> > I guess it's a sensible choice against abuse (vandalism) while still
> > allowing non registered users editing rights
> >
> >
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