https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66450
--- Comment #24 from billinghurst <[email protected]> --- (In reply to PiRSquared17 from comment #20) > I personally think just not recording the IPs at all [see comment 14] may be > the best way to go, since having to remove old (90 days) entries in a log > seems like something to avoid. Besides, the way the log works, one could > just copy all the IPs/usernames at once before it expires. Not very good for > privacy. > > Another solution would be to just not enable it at all on Wikimedia (i.e. > WONTFIX the bug). > > (In reply to Jackmcbarn from comment #19) > > Note that it's impossible for this to ever result in an account and IP being > > linked, since any creation attempts recorded in this log necessarily did not > > result in an account being created. > > That may be true in theory, but in practice it would most likely be possible > to correlate the IPs with creations of accounts around the same time or with > similar names. Going back to where this was originally lodged at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1542#c4 As en effective tool to _prevent_ abuse the tool itself, logging and the IP addresses give the value for the prevention. Without the IP address, the modification the log should be considered a reflective tool that allows you to assess the validity of the use of the tool. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
