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English Wikipedia enables Temporary Accounts for logged-out editors

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5 points by quuxplusone a month ago · 1 comment

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quuxplusoneOP a month ago

Temporary accounts replace the practice of identifying unregistered editors by their IP addresses, which are no longer exposed publicly for their privacy and security. [...]

The accounts have the effect of obscuring the connection of unregistered editors to their IPs to casual viewers. [Admins are still] able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

They were enabled on English Wikipedia on 4 November 2025.

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