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Re: Last Call: <draft-farrell-perpass-attack-02.txt> (Pervasive Monitoring is an Attack) to Best Current Practice

2013-12-16 15:08:12
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 08:39:47PM +0000, Stephen Farrell wrote:
 
I disagree. Even if X% of people agreed or approved or authorized
the attack, it would still be an attack.

But this leads you immediately down the path to the objection that
inspired my suggestion: lots of things that you might _want_ for
yourself qualify as an attack under the draft as written.  Google
analytics is not an attack even under the slightly funny meaning of
"attack" we're using here; it's a management tool.  The draft actually
makes this point, in that it notes that there's a tension between
making networks managable and mitigating pervasive monitoring.  I
think it's necessary to add some sort of indication of what principles
can be used to resolve that tension.  

Best regards,

A

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