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In T328454#9199247 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T328454#9199247>, @Manuel wrote: > If I understand IP masking correctly, the goal is to get rid of IPs as public identifiers. Instead we will use cookie-based "temporary accounts" as public identifiers. These are independent of the IP. I have two questions about this: > > 1. This seems feasible for browser-based editing. But what about API-based editing? Can non-logged-in users currently edit using our APIs? (I hope not, as it does not sound like a good idea. xD) How will/should this work in the future? Yes they can. The edits made from entity pages are made via API calls from javascript, that includes edits from users that are not logged in. The details how that will work in the future will need to be figured out. I guess the API response will include some info about the created account? > 2. For Wikidata Analytics I got the impression that we will still store IPs internally, so nothing should change from an analytics perspective. Is that correct? We will still store the IPs internally, also for anti-abuse measures. With temporary accounts, I could see new types of queries coming the table of analytics with respect to the behavior of anonymous editors, now that we sometimes have a better way to associate edits with the same editor over time than relying on IPs. TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T328454 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Michael Cc: Niharika, Lydia_Pintscher, Arian_Bozorg, karapayneWMDE, Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE, Michael, Manuel, hoo, Aklapper, ItamarWMDE, Danny_Benjafield_WMDE, Astuthiodit_1, Invadibot, maantietaja, Akuckartz, Nandana, Lahi, Gq86, GoranSMilovanovic, QZanden, LawExplorer, _jensen, rosalieper, Scott_WUaS, Wikidata-bugs, aude, Mbch331
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