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Bug 11898 - Don't require e-mail addresses for this site!

Summary:	Don't require e-mail addresses for this site!

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 148 Product: Wikimedia Classification: Unclassified Component: Bugzilla (Other open bugs) Version: unspecified Hardware: All All Importance: Lowest critical with 1 vote (vote) Target Milestone: --- Assigned To: Brion Vibber URL: Whiteboard: Keywords: Depends on: Blocks:   Show dependency tree / graph		Reported: 2007-11-07 22:08 UTC by Pi is 3.14159 Modified: 2011-07-13 01:14 UTC (History) CC List: 2 users (show) mah robert See Also: Web browser: --- Mobile Platform: --- Assignee Huggle Beta Tester: ---

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Description Pi is 3.14159 2007-11-07 22:08:49 UTC Don't require e-mail addresses for this site! It can cause people to receive unwanted spam, and it doesn't improve security. People can bypass it simply by using one of the numerous temporary e-mail address generators on the web. Comment 1 Robert Leverington 2007-11-07 22:12:10 UTC E-mail address are obfuscated so spam is a non-issue. Even if people can use temporary e-mail address generators it still requires some effort on their part stopping spam bots creating millions of bogus accounts. Comment 2 Brion Vibber 2011-07-13 01:14:36 UTC *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 148 ***