Re:Download the Entire Wikimedia Database
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Sunday March 07, 2021 @03:01AM
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This is a also user privacy solution that could be applied in other areas. If one is only querying a local store of Wikipedia pages, then third party observation of those queries is perhaps impossible, and so the "surveillance capital" "business model" may become infeasible. (Now this is perhaps a poor example because Wikipedia generally does not appear to be engaged in "surveillance capitalism". Maybe their straightforward provision of bulk data coupled with this fact is not a coincidence.) But there are other databases besides Wikipedia that internet users query weekly, daily, hourly or even more frequently. Making incessant queries over the internet can a rich source of data for a third party observer, one that can form the foundation of "surveillance capitalism" revenue strategies. Whereas if users can download bulk data, and thereby avoid queries over the internet, in many cases they can avoid falling victim to "surveillance capitalism". Bulk data can be a viable privacy solution.
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