We have policies to not look at user data. Vote data and DM data are the most sacred, though we will look at votes if the patterns suggest fraudulent behavior (e.g. mass downvoting of a person). We tend to inform/consult others on this, but no, there’s nothing technical blocking someone from accessing the data on their own.
I don’t think we currently have one. As far as I know, LessWrong hasn’t had any requests made of it by law enforcement that would trip a warrant canary while I’ve been working here (since July 5th, 2022). I have no information about before then. I’m not sure this is at the top of our priority list; we’d need to stand up some new infrastructure for it to be more helpful than harmful (i.e. because we forgot to update it, or something).
We have policies to not look at user data. Vote data and DM data are the most sacred, though we will look at votes if the patterns suggest fraudulent behavior (e.g. mass downvoting of a person). We tend to inform/consult others on this, but no, there’s nothing technical blocking someone from accessing the data on their own.
Specifically, this is the privacy policy inherited from when LessWrong was a MIRI project; to the best of my knowledge, it hasn’t been updated.
I don’t think I’ve seen the team here post a law enforcement canary annually or anything.
I don’t think we currently have one. As far as I know, LessWrong hasn’t had any requests made of it by law enforcement that would trip a warrant canary while I’ve been working here (since July 5th, 2022). I have no information about before then. I’m not sure this is at the top of our priority list; we’d need to stand up some new infrastructure for it to be more helpful than harmful (i.e. because we forgot to update it, or something).