I have a Greasemonkey script that does this, IMO, very nicely. I'm not 100% sure how GM script distribution works, but can't a server put files in a particular directory to have them be automatically suggested for installation by Greasemonkey?
I know it's not a perfect or even nice solution, but it might help reduce the incentive for this sort of thing. "Well, you *could* give your login credentials to this unafiliated unknown site, or you could just install this WMF-endorsed script on your open source Firefox extension..." isn't a very difficult decision... --HM "Sage Ross" <ragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:40c6a93a0907221207l9ab78fcy20635588c5671...@mail.gmail.com... > I'm not sure what to do about this; it seems like a good idea but a > major security risk: > > http://www.watchlistr.com/ is a site that creates aggregate watchlists > across multiple projects. See > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Bounty_board#Transwiki_watchlist_tool > > The user who made it has very little editing history, and the site > aggregates watchlists across multiple projects, but requires inputting > your Wikimedia password into the watchlistr.com site. I have no > specific reason to think it's a scam, but if I was trying to phish > passwords I would do something like this. > > -Sage Ross (User:Ragesoss) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
