Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS

On 14 June 2015 at 05:21, Comet styles wrote: > China and Iran blocks https (and WMF thinks https is more secure than > http when it can be EASILY blocked lol) China is currently blocking HTTP and has done so quite frequently. The ability to block is largely unrelated to security. > so people

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS

China and Iran blocks https (and WMF thinks https is more secure than http when it can be EASILY blocked lol) so people in these countries used wikipedia on http, so some here think that these countries are spying on them by forcing them to use http, but that https block in this countries was NOT t

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 11, Issue 23 -- 10 June 2015

News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-06-10/News_and_notes Traffic report: Two households, both alike in dignity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-06-10/Traffic_report In the med

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS

Have I understood it correctly, that Wikipedia Zero traffic is free only while through http, and not https? -- *--* *Vira Motorko* PR manager, Wikimedia Ukraine +380667740499 Are you saving your documents in free formats? ;) Help save natural resources – please think

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediaus-l] Mark your calendars for Wiknic 2015

I agree that we should welcome a broad range of collaborative communities to the local Wiknics, especially other free/open projects like OpenStreetMap. Start a Wiknic for your city, in your local park! Thanks, Pharos On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Rob Schnautz wrote: > I am not saying Google

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS

On 12 June 2015 at 22:08, David Gerard wrote: > Excellent news! > > So how are we dealing with the Iran and China issue? > Well the introduction appears to have been timed for one of those periods where we are completely blocked in china anyway. -- geni ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS

Hi Juliet, Your blog post states "this change could affect access for some Wikimedia traffic in certain parts of the world" - which makes some alarm bells go off. Could you clarify in what kind of cases it would 'affect' and in what way? It's quite different whether a few dozen people have to wai