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[-] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

How were they caught? Did Wikipedia reveal user data to the authorities when prompted?

[-] the_trash_man@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Your IP address is shown publicly when you make edits on Wikipedia

[-] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

What benefit is there for that to be publicly viewable?

[-] the_trash_man@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Probably helps to stop vandalism of pages.

[-] Harvey656@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Banning bad actors ip's. Or more horrifically, this.

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