[Mailman-Developers] full anonymisation

[Abhilash Raj]

Hi Rashi,

You should post directly to mailman-developers for anything you feel is
related to GSoC. I am not the sole person going to select a student for
this (or any) project (even if my name is listed as probable mentor in
the wiki).

On 28 February 2015 at 12:39, Rashi Karanpuria <2013165 at iiitdmj.ac.in> wrote:
> Trying to hide things from list moderator may be a futile approach in case
> of mailman, though allowing list moderator to be the supreme boss
> decreases the no of user cases it serves for eg. a complaint/suggestion
> list in organization mailing lists may end up useless as the head would
> know who criticized him but it still covers many critical use cases.
> Coming to the present approach we were wondering if trust was more
> important than being anonymous I listed the use cases [1] and concluded
> that being anonymous is a major feature than being creditable. As in the
> whistle blower use case we were discussing, the concern was if we don't
> keep the same fake id for an exposer, people won't believe her. But in my
> opinion even if she keeps the same fake identity people won't believe her
> until she proves or shows that she is telling the truth because the matter
> she is exposing is critical and delicate and works on proofs.
>
> [1]:
> 1. *Alcoholics list*:
>         Here alcoholics suffering and willing to give it up share their issues
> and seek help from the community and people of the same type. Trust
> though could act as a plus point here as we are handling a social issue.
> But it still meets its purpose without involving trust as the major work
> is to arrive to a solution and meet people of your type and share the
> pain and get cured.
> 2. *therapy group*:
>         Controlled by the doctor and as he knows everything being the list
> moderator he can better help his patients allowing them to mingle
> anonymously and as above it serves the causes aimed at.
> 3. *Drug Peddlers group or mafia asso.*:
>         Although we are not aiming at helping this section of people but just a
> thought! The king pin is the head and so is supposed to know everything
> but the workers below him need not know him or the co workers.
> 4. *Whistle Blowers*:
>         As mentioned it works on proofs and not trust.
> 5. *Pope Confessions*:
>         Similar functioning to therapy group.
> 6. *Battered wives*:
>         Suffers as if the list moderator knows the users (here wives not
> interested in revealing identities to any one) who will she be so that
> the wives (users) should trust her.
> 7. *Tax Evaders*:
>         Trust here is not required as people believe if the method worked. If you
> need trustworthy methods why would you subscribe to such a list. And even
> if this list has trust in the form of permanent fake ids the person after
> suggesting correct methods first and then lay the traps so people still
> can't trust anyone here.
> 8. *Teacher Student feedback and discussions*:
>         College/School authorities are the list admins and moderators here. And
> in such a list lesser the trust better the feedback ;)
>



-- 
thanks,
Abhilash Raj