Re: Scope of GeoPriv

John,

On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 05:08:59PM -0500, John Morris wrote:
> John,
>
> I am unclear on whether you are (a) characterizing what you think the
> geopriv charter says, or (b) asserting that the charter should be
> narrowed along the lines you describe. I read the charter to say
> that the geopriv WG _should_ "take a privacy stance":
>
> "The primary task of this working group will be to assess the ...
> authorization, integrity and privacy requirements that must be met in
> order to transfer such
> information, or authorize the release or representation of such
> information through an agent."
> [[http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/geopriv-charter.html]]

I agree with you that privacy will be crucial to location services.
Without privacy, we come one step closer to the looming specter of a Big
Brother. But, I think the amount of privacy will depend on the
application. No one would argue that users want the power to turn off
location information to advertisers in order to block promotions, but E911
folks will certainly want to know the caller's identification. Between
these two extremes, there are cases that argue for more or less
identification, such as services that provide driving directions, etc.
Each service might get more or less accurate information, which might be
anonymous or not.

This seems to point towards some sort of privacy/security policy
framework, be it P3P or otherwise.

John

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