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Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year ago

Wikipedia adds the temporary accounts feature in response to the Heritage Foundation’s threats to dox their editors

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Wikipedia adds the temporary accounts feature in response to the Heritage Foundation’s threats to dox their editors

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Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year ago

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What is the reason?
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  Pshhh. You’ll upset the Americans. They don’t want filthy foreigners in their fediverse.
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  Wikipedia has dox’d “anonymous” editors by default for its entire existence.
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    So temporary means anon?

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