https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3233
--- Comment #16 from Bawolff (Brian Wolff) <bawolff...@gmail.com> --- >MZMcBride is also right that it's now much easier to clear your cookies and >local storage (private browsing/incognito is relatively well publicized), so we >might be mostly targetting the good guys. No kidding, but was it ever hard? All browsers had a single button "clear my cookies" since the dark ages (aka pre IE 6), they're just a little more prominent now. from comment 1 >Of course, some black hats... If that's all it takes to be a black hat... ----- >First of all, this will obviously have ramifications on shared computers, >particularly in libraries in schools, where there's a lot of vandalism but also >where some constructive people do their only editing. That alone gives me >pause. You think blocking someone with a cookie is going to have more fallout than blocking their IP? In the case of a school (that's probably behind a nat) the IP block might block the entire school. Worrying about this sort of thing is a social, not a technical issue. If the admins think it is worth the loss of potential editors, they will block the user with autoblock on. If they don't, they won't block the user with autoblock on. The ability to screw over shared computers already exists in software ;) I agree that a long lasting cookie is undesirable, but if this was implemented as: *24 hour cookie (at most) *Only enabled when autoblock is on (which is not all blocks) The fallout on innocent users (relative to the previous fallout) would be almost 0 as far as I can tell. The effectiveness might be questionable, but I doubt it would hurt anything. Keep in mind that while clearing cookies has become easier, it has become even easier to change your ip. Simply change which neighbour you're stealing wifi from. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
