[Foundation-l] New draft of privacy policy

Henning Schlottmann h.schlottmann at gmx.net
Tue Jun 17 11:16:33 UTC 2008


Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> "Anonymous" people don't have the expectation of being .. anonymous. 

Editing without registration is not so much about anonymity but about 
openness and convenience. We allow anyone to edit Wikipedia - without 
prior registration. That's the idea about it.

Their edits are registered under their technical identifier on the 
internet which is of course the IP address. It is not about being 
untraceable. Nothing on the edit window you see if not logged in claims 
anything about anonymity.

Ciao Henning




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