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==WikiSpooks undertakings==
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#'''WikiSpooks undertakes''' not to use any personal private data which it may hold other than for the purposes of operating the WikiSpooks site. Any such data will not be released to third parties other than by order of a court with jurisdiction. Similarly documents and articles posted on the WikiSpooks site will only be taken down by order of a court with jurisdiction.
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#'''Any such court order''' will be posted on the WikiSpooks site unless gagged in which case it will hopefully be posted elsewhere. Threats - legal or otherwise - will generally be ignored unless they are funny or otherwise of general interest, in which case they will be posted.
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==Wikispooks Undertakings==
#'''The Registered user data''' held in the WikiSpooks database includes dates and times of all document creation, editing and uploading activity.
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#'''Wikispooks undertakes''' not to use any personal private data which it may hold other than for the purposes of operating the Wikispooks site. Any such data will not be released to third parties other than by order of a court with jurisdiction. Similarly documents and articles posted on the Wikispooks site will only be taken down by order of a court with jurisdiction.
#'''Neither registered user nor anonymous''' upload IP address data is retained.
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#'''Any such court order''' will be posted on the Wikispooks site unless gagged in which case it will hopefully be posted elsewhere. Threats - legal or otherwise - will generally be ignored unless they are funny or otherwise of general interest, in which case they will be posted.
#'''Server logs''' are cleared regularly - currently on a weekly basis.
 
  
==Notes of caution==
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==Data Retention==
#'''None of the above should be taken as guaranteeing''' that there is nobody else doing the logging and collecting. Covert snooping by ISPs, by network system operators, by spies public and private, by the host of  predators of the vast Web, is rampant.
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#'''IP addresses are ''not'' retained'''.
#'''Log retention is endemic''', on grounds that the information is needed for system administration or whatever.  Just as the Authorities and Corporations claim they need to watch citizens and employees.
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#'''The dates and times of all document creation, editing and uploading are recorded'''. Browsing, however, is not recorded except for server logs (see below)
#'''There are many, many ways to snoop on internet traffic''', so many in fact that  there can be no such thing as a trustworthy privacy policy, not for WikiSpooks or anybody else.
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#'''The webserver logs accesses used to compile statistics''', but these logs are deleted regularly - currently on a weekly basis.
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==Notes of Caution==
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#'''Your internet use ''is'' being monitored and/or logged''', quite likely by ISPs, network system operators, the [[NSA]] and/or others.
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#'''Retention of logs (especially metadata) is endemic'''. Hard drives are cheap and {{TPTB}} have deep pockets and deep packet sniffers.
 
#'''"Privacy policy" has, in effect, come to  mean''' an assurance of just enough privacy to keep users coming into the spider's web. That is exactly how it is used by government and its agencies whilst assuring the citizenry that it is acting in the public interest. In the same way, employers act in the interest of their employees; corporations act in the interest of their stockholders; religious/educational institutions and professionals act in the interest of their dutiful supporters and fee-payers.
 
#'''"Privacy policy" has, in effect, come to  mean''' an assurance of just enough privacy to keep users coming into the spider's web. That is exactly how it is used by government and its agencies whilst assuring the citizenry that it is acting in the public interest. In the same way, employers act in the interest of their employees; corporations act in the interest of their stockholders; religious/educational institutions and professionals act in the interest of their dutiful supporters and fee-payers.
#'''Those who promise the most protection are out to skin you alive''', those who promise the most privacy are selling your most private possessions.  
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#'''Those who promise the most protection are out to skin you alive''', those who promise the most privacy are selling your most private possessions.
#'''WikiSpooks' trustworthiness is relative'''. It's a free site - so what else could it be but up to no good?
 
 
 
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'''''All with due acknowledgment''' to [[Cryptome]].''
 
 
 
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==Anonymous reading==
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#'''To read this site anonymously, the only recommended method it to download the [[Wikispooks:Site Backup|Site Backup]] file ({{BackupSize}}) from a public internet connection''', then follow the instructions to install it on a local machine and browse it offline. Alternatively, to browse the online version, you may wish to use anonymising software such as [[Tor]] (which if [[Edward Snowden]]'s leaked documents are to be believed, makes things difficult for even the [[NSA]]) -- but do be aware that some people have suggested that Tor is a [[deep state]] [[honeypot]].
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Revision as of 07:07, 15 February 2019

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Wikispooks Undertakings

  1. Wikispooks undertakes not to use any personal private data which it may hold other than for the purposes of operating the Wikispooks site. Any such data will not be released to third parties other than by order of a court with jurisdiction. Similarly documents and articles posted on the Wikispooks site will only be taken down by order of a court with jurisdiction.
  2. Any such court order will be posted on the Wikispooks site unless gagged in which case it will hopefully be posted elsewhere. Threats - legal or otherwise - will generally be ignored unless they are funny or otherwise of general interest, in which case they will be posted.

Data Retention

  1. IP addresses are not retained.
  2. The dates and times of all document creation, editing and uploading are recorded. Browsing, however, is not recorded except for server logs (see below)
  3. The webserver logs accesses used to compile statistics, but these logs are deleted regularly - currently on a weekly basis.

Notes of Caution

  1. Your internet use is being monitored and/or logged, quite likely by ISPs, network system operators, the NSA and/or others.
  2. Retention of logs (especially metadata) is endemic. Hard drives are cheap and The Powers That Be have deep pockets and deep packet sniffers.
  3. "Privacy policy" has, in effect, come to mean an assurance of just enough privacy to keep users coming into the spider's web. That is exactly how it is used by government and its agencies whilst assuring the citizenry that it is acting in the public interest. In the same way, employers act in the interest of their employees; corporations act in the interest of their stockholders; religious/educational institutions and professionals act in the interest of their dutiful supporters and fee-payers.
  4. Those who promise the most protection are out to skin you alive, those who promise the most privacy are selling your most private possessions.

Anonymous reading

  1. To read this site anonymously, the only recommended method it to download the Site Backup file (13 Gb) from a public internet connection, then follow the instructions to install it on a local machine and browse it offline. Alternatively, to browse the online version, you may wish to use anonymising software such as Tor (which if Edward Snowden's leaked documents are to be believed, makes things difficult for even the NSA) -- but do be aware that some people have suggested that Tor is a deep state honeypot.
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