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As Tim mentioned we are seriously looking at
privacy/identity/security/anonymity issues, specifically as it pertains to
IP address exposure -- both from legal and technical standpoint. This won't
happen overnight as we need to get people to work on this and there are a
lot of asks, but this
Hi Brian,
2015-03-30 0:25 GMT+02:00 Brian reflect...@gmail.com:
Although the initial goal of the Netflix Prize was to design a
collaborative filtering algorithm, it became notorious when the data was
used to de-anonymize Netflix users. Researchers proved that given just a
user's movie ratings
On 30/03/15 09:25, Brian wrote:
I suspect this challenge will be very easy for anyone who is determined.
Indeed, even if MediaWiki no longer displayed IP addresses, there would
still be enough information to identify people. Completely getting rid of
the edit history would largely solve the
I'm sure many of you recall the Netflix Prize
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix_Prize. This is that, for Wikipedia!
Although the initial goal of the Netflix Prize was to design a
collaborative filtering algorithm, it became notorious when the data was
used to de-anonymize Netflix users.
Publicly identifying anonymous Wikimedians, especially with reference to
their editing histories, is not just an academic way to make a point; it's
messing with people's real lives, and it's not something I'm particularly
comfortable seeing suggested, especially for a reward, on a
wikimedia-hosted
I'm hoping this is satire, but if it isn't, I think anyone paying others to
out Wikimedians should minimally be barred from further participation in
the movement.
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I worry that encouraging people to do this to prove a political point could
be inappropriate. It's one thing to point out a potential privacy flaw, but
paying people to exploit it may be seen as a step too far.
Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
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Context:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2015-March/thread.html
Brian believes that Wikimedia recording non-logged-in editors' IPs is
*literally* the same as the NSA hoovering up all data they can get
anywhere.
On 30 March 2015 at 18:13, Katherine Casey
I agree with the others who have opined that this should not happen.
Newyorkbrad
On 3/29/15, Brian reflect...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm sure many of you recall the Netflix Prize
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix_Prize. This is that, for Wikipedia!
Although the initial goal of the Netflix Prize
Moreover this may well be a breach of policy, TOS and even law.
On 31 March 2015 at 01:15, Oliver Keyes ironho...@gmail.com wrote:
So, let me get this right:
1. You announced that, as David puts it, noting anonymous IPs is the
same as all-the-NSA-stuff-ever;
2. People disputed it, but
On 31 March 2015 at 03:15, Richard Farmbrough rich...@farmbrough.co.uk
wrote:
Moreover this may well be a breach of policy, TOS and even law.
Eh probably not. Go through a bunch of wikipedia bios of not very notable
people. Find the edits obviously made by the subject of the article. Note
IPs.
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