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Wikipedia adds the temporary accounts feature in response to the Heritage Foundation’s threats to dox their editors (lemmy.ca)

submitted 5 months ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What is the reason?

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wikipedia has dox'd "anonymous" editors by default for its entire existence.

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

So temporary means anon?

[–] b_tr3e@feddit.org -2 points 5 months ago

Pshhh. You'll upset the Americans. They don't want filthy foreigners in their fediverse.

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