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One amusing edit: http://wikiwho.ailef.tech/diff/7d674d710c8d1328f0f74f6b351ffe1f http://wikiwho.ailef.tech/diff/7d674d710c8d1328f0f74f6b351ff... IPs from the

by ailef 4y ago

One amusing edit: http://wikiwho.ailef.tech/diff/7d674d710c8d1328f0f74f6b351ffe1f http://wikiwho.ailef.tech/diff/7d674d710c8d1328f0f74f6b351ff... IPs from the European Parliament editing out connections to Cambridge Analytica from Alex Phillips' (member of the European Parliament) page: http://wikiwho.ailef.tech/diff/584f4588ec12334300a448f39ae4ce12 http://wikiwho.ailef.tech/diff/584f4588ec12334300a448f39ae4c...

jl6 4y ago
Good to see that the latter was reverted within 5 minutes, and the removed content remains there to this day.
nonameiguess 4y ago
My wife's best friend used to work for Wikipedia and said they had to block any edits made from the IP range belonging to the US capitol building. Maybe they need to just do this for all legislative offices of all countries. Not that it stops the same people from just making these edits from home or learning to use a VPN.
- layer8 4y ago
  It seems that such blocks would mostly just reduce transparency.
erie 4y ago
Virgil Griffith had earlier done a similar tool and paid dearly for it after exposing CIA and FBI edits" 16 Aug 2007 — CIA and FBI computers used for Wikipedia edits ... The program, WikiScanner, was developed by Virgil Griffith of the Santa Fe Institute https://www.reuters.com/article/oukin-uk-security-wikipedia-idUKN1642896020070816 https://www.reuters.com/article/oukin-uk-security-wikipedia-...
- loxias 4y ago
  Came here to mention Virgil, glad someone beat me to it. =) It's truly amazing how much can be gleaned from a perusal of the edit history for a page from the beginning. I assume much goes undetected.
- ailef 4y ago
  Yes, I've mentioned it also in my original blog post. What do you mean though by "paid dearly for it"? I was not aware of anything particular happening.
  - whythre 4y ago
    Maybe pertaining to persecution like this: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2020/12/11/virgil-griffith-still-doesnt-know-what-exact-crimes-he-is-accused-of-attorneys-say/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2020/12/11/virgil-griffith-s...
    - ailef 4y ago
      It's possible, but as much as I dislike what's happened to him I think it seems a bit far-fetched to see it as retribution for creating WikiScanner.

by ailef 4y ago

jl6 4y ago

Good to see that the latter was reverted within 5 minutes, and the removed content remains there to this day.

nonameiguess 4y ago

My wife's best friend used to work for Wikipedia and said they had to block any edits made from the IP range belonging to the US capitol building. Maybe they need to just do this for all legislative offices of all countries. Not that it stops the same people from just making these edits from home or learning to use a VPN.

layer8 4y ago
It seems that such blocks would mostly just reduce transparency.

erie 4y ago

Virgil Griffith had earlier done a similar tool and paid dearly for it after exposing CIA and FBI edits" 16 Aug 2007 — CIA and FBI computers used for Wikipedia edits ... The program, WikiScanner, was developed by Virgil Griffith of the Santa Fe Institute https://www.reuters.com/article/oukin-uk-security-wikipedia-idUKN1642896020070816 https://www.reuters.com/article/oukin-uk-security-wikipedia-...

loxias 4y ago
Came here to mention Virgil, glad someone beat me to it. =) It's truly amazing how much can be gleaned from a perusal of the edit history for a page from the beginning. I assume much goes undetected.
ailef 4y ago
Yes, I've mentioned it also in my original blog post. What do you mean though by "paid dearly for it"? I was not aware of anything particular happening.
- whythre 4y ago
  Maybe pertaining to persecution like this: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2020/12/11/virgil-griffith-still-doesnt-know-what-exact-crimes-he-is-accused-of-attorneys-say/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2020/12/11/virgil-griffith-s...
  - ailef 4y ago
    It's possible, but as much as I dislike what's happened to him I think it seems a bit far-fetched to see it as retribution for creating WikiScanner.