[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and the politics of encryption

[Kirill Lokshin]

The thing is, it's kind of a crapshoot anyways.  You might see something that you think might be classified and report it; but, unless you actually have the corresponding clearance yourself, you have no way of knowing for certain whether the material is in fact classified in the first place.  Conversely, anyone who does have that information is unlikely to confirm it one way or the other, for obvious reasons. 

To make things even more convoluted, reporting certain kinds of material to the WMF could itself potentially be considered illegal in some circumstances, since not everyone at the WMF is considered a "US person" for ITAR purposes. 

Kirill

On Sep 3, 2013, at 2:34 PM, "Fred Bauder" <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:

>> To be fair, none of the people receiving requests through legal@ or
>> emergency@ have security clearances either.
>> 
>> Kirill
> 
> True, but there are not so many of them. I'm not sure if a request about
> a major matter has ever been made through any channel. In a way, that is
> kind of a dumb move.
> 
> Fred
> 
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