On 01/18/2014 12:33 AM, Erik Moeller wrote: > I'm not arguing for open editing from Tor. I do think it would be nice > if global exemptions could in fact be obtained reasonably easily be > emailing [email protected]. While it's true that such requests > could be misused, the following are also true:
What would be involved for someone to misuse _without_ Tor?: 1) Find a free WiFi spot you haven't used before. 2) Create account (no need to enter any Email). 3) Abuse and repeat if you get banned. I tried 1 and 2, obviously not doing 3. It worked on my first try. I wouldn't have thought it would be that easy. To summarize: It is currently easier for someone to abuse without Tor than with it. An abuser doesn't need that strong anonymity. For someone who wants to do good face editing and needs the stronger anonymity provided by Tor it is currently much more work than for an abuser. Why should account creation be harder for Tor users than for free WiFi users? -- Regards, Jan Zerebecki _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
