EventLogging/UserAgentSanitization: Revision history

8 August 2021

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20 September 2018

• curprev 00:4800:48, 20 September 2018 Neil Shah-Quinn (WMF) talk contribs 81 bytes −7,085 Move content to Wikitech, since other Wikimedia-specific EventLogging documentation is also there. undo Tags: Replaced 2017 source edit

1 May 2018

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6 October 2017

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31 January 2017

• curprev 08:1808:18, 31 January 2017 Nemo bis talk contribs m 6,897 bytes +24 added Category:Analytics using HotCat undo

15 May 2015

• curprev 09:4909:49, 15 May 2015 Nemo bis talk contribs 6,873 bytes +135 →Further reading: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/EEVL/browse/master/includes/EventLogging.php;f65dd5eedcc183c9a8a3319be56153209eba6221$61 undo

9 December 2014

• curprev 20:5920:59, 9 December 2014 SPage (WMF) talk contribs m 6,738 bytes −1 →Fingerprinting: Background: sentence case in header undo
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13 August 2014

• curprev 16:4516:45, 13 August 2014 Halfak (WMF) talk contribs 6,739 bytes −2 →Sanitization: Actually, "reducing" entropy is right. Reducing entropy makes it more difficult to identify an individual. Simplifications reduce entropy. undo

27 March 2014

• curprev 20:5020:50, 27 March 2014 LZia (WMF) talk contribs 6,741 bytes −1 →Fingerprinting versus identifying a browser session undo Tag: Visual edit
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• curprev 20:0820:08, 27 March 2014 LZia (WMF) talk contribs 6,741 bytes +5 →Sanitization: missing "that" is added. undo Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 20:0720:07, 27 March 2014 LZia (WMF) talk contribs 6,736 bytes +2 →Sanitization: changed "reduce" to "increase". If I get it correctly, by removing some user agent information, we are increasing the entropy, and hence, reducing the probability the user can be identified. undo Tag: Visual edit
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13 February 2014

• curprev 14:4514:45, 13 February 2014 NRuiz (WMF) talk contribs 6,167 bytes −194 →UA in EventLogging vs HTTP headers undo
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30 January 2014

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27 January 2014

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17 January 2014

• curprev 18:5318:53, 17 January 2014 NRuiz (WMF) talk contribs m 4,488 bytes 0 NRuiz (WMF) moved page EventLogging/UserAgentAnonymization to EventLogging/UserAgentSanitization undo

8 January 2014

• curprev 13:1613:16, 8 January 2014 NRuiz (WMF) talk contribs 4,488 bytes +288 →Anonymization undo

7 January 2014

• curprev 21:0821:08, 7 January 2014 DarTar talk contribs 4,200 bytes +53 →UA in EventLogging vs HTTP headers undo
• curprev 21:0421:04, 7 January 2014 DarTar talk contribs 4,147 bytes +1,150 general editing, adding section about EventLogging vs raw request logs undo
• curprev 20:1920:19, 7 January 2014 LVilla (WMF) talk contribs m 2,997 bytes +52 →Fingerprinting: Background: - clarify what the citation is saying about mobile devices in one place, and be pedantic in another ;) undo Tag: Visual edit

4 January 2014

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• curprev 18:5518:55, 4 January 2014 NRuiz (WMF) talk contribs 2,888 bytes +2,888 Created page with " == Problem == User-agent strings often encode sufficiently many bits of information about the user's setup that they can be used to pinpoint an individual user, especially wh..."