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dgerard at gmail

Apr 13, 2012, 12:17 PM

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Re: Inactive sysops + improving security [In reply to]

On 13 April 2012 03:49, Andrew Garrett <agarrett [at] wikimedia> wrote:

> Now, there are things that sysops can do that aren't so easily reversible.
> You could surreptitiously add site JS that captured tokens from checkusers
> and released large amounts of sensitive data, so it's not exactly without
> merit. But I don't think it's justifiable to dismiss discussion about
> whether extra security is "worth it".


Are history merges easily reversible yet?


- d.

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