Re: [Apertium-stuff] Wiki account registration
Yeah, that is a thought. On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 04:31 Tino Didriksen wrote: > My point is that no bot can do that. It would require a human to register > the account for the bot, in which case there's nothing we can do anyway. So > no, there's no reason to further complicate account registration. > > If anything, I would like to open up registrations more, so that admins > don't have to get involved at first. > > -- Tino Didriksen > > > On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 at 12:18, Scoop Gracie wrote: > >> I meant a bot targeting the Apertium wiki by Design. >> >> On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 01:29 Tino Didriksen >> wrote: >> >>> No. That is so far beyond the realm of spambot behavior that we don't >>> need to worry about it. No spambot is advanced enough to request >>> registration via a completely unrelated website and mailing list, or IRC >>> channel. >>> >>> -- Tino Didriksen >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 at 05:59, Scoop Gracie >>> wrote: >>> I think we need a better way to register wiki accounts. There is nothing stopping a spambot from sending an email to Apertium-stuff with a username and getting a wiki account (because we would think it was a person). Obviously, we would catch this if it happened rapidly, but in the lead up to GSoC, doing it once a day or so with different (possibly spoofed) addresses wouldn't look suspicious, and even after we knew about the attack, how would we know which future messages were bots? >>> ___ > Apertium-stuff mailing list > Apertium-stuff@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff > ___ Apertium-stuff mailing list Apertium-stuff@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff
Re: [Apertium-stuff] Wiki account registration
My point is that no bot can do that. It would require a human to register the account for the bot, in which case there's nothing we can do anyway. So no, there's no reason to further complicate account registration. If anything, I would like to open up registrations more, so that admins don't have to get involved at first. -- Tino Didriksen On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 at 12:18, Scoop Gracie wrote: > I meant a bot targeting the Apertium wiki by Design. > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 01:29 Tino Didriksen wrote: > >> No. That is so far beyond the realm of spambot behavior that we don't >> need to worry about it. No spambot is advanced enough to request >> registration via a completely unrelated website and mailing list, or IRC >> channel. >> >> -- Tino Didriksen >> >> >> On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 at 05:59, Scoop Gracie wrote: >> >>> I think we need a better way to register wiki accounts. There is nothing >>> stopping a spambot from sending an email to Apertium-stuff with a username >>> and getting a wiki account (because we would think it was a person). >>> Obviously, we would catch this if it happened rapidly, but in the lead up >>> to GSoC, doing it once a day or so with different (possibly spoofed) >>> addresses wouldn't look suspicious, and even after we knew about the >>> attack, how would we know which future messages were bots? >>> >> ___ Apertium-stuff mailing list Apertium-stuff@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff
Re: [Apertium-stuff] Wiki account registration
I meant a bot targeting the Apertium wiki by Design. On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 01:29 Tino Didriksen wrote: > No. That is so far beyond the realm of spambot behavior that we don't need > to worry about it. No spambot is advanced enough to request registration > via a completely unrelated website and mailing list, or IRC channel. > > -- Tino Didriksen > > > On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 at 05:59, Scoop Gracie wrote: > >> I think we need a better way to register wiki accounts. There is nothing >> stopping a spambot from sending an email to Apertium-stuff with a username >> and getting a wiki account (because we would think it was a person). >> Obviously, we would catch this if it happened rapidly, but in the lead up >> to GSoC, doing it once a day or so with different (possibly spoofed) >> addresses wouldn't look suspicious, and even after we knew about the >> attack, how would we know which future messages were bots? >> > ___ > Apertium-stuff mailing list > Apertium-stuff@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff > ___ Apertium-stuff mailing list Apertium-stuff@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff
Re: [Apertium-stuff] Wiki account registration
No. That is so far beyond the realm of spambot behavior that we don't need to worry about it. No spambot is advanced enough to request registration via a completely unrelated website and mailing list, or IRC channel. -- Tino Didriksen On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 at 05:59, Scoop Gracie wrote: > I think we need a better way to register wiki accounts. There is nothing > stopping a spambot from sending an email to Apertium-stuff with a username > and getting a wiki account (because we would think it was a person). > Obviously, we would catch this if it happened rapidly, but in the lead up > to GSoC, doing it once a day or so with different (possibly spoofed) > addresses wouldn't look suspicious, and even after we knew about the > attack, how would we know which future messages were bots? > ___ Apertium-stuff mailing list Apertium-stuff@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff
[Apertium-stuff] Wiki account registration
I think we need a better way to register wiki accounts. There is nothing stopping a spambot from sending an email to Apertium-stuff with a username and getting a wiki account (because we would think it was a person). Obviously, we would catch this if it happened rapidly, but in the lead up to GSoC, doing it once a day or so with different (possibly spoofed) addresses wouldn't look suspicious, and even after we knew about the attack, how would we know which future messages were bots? ___ Apertium-stuff mailing list Apertium-stuff@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff
