The same why-we-don’t-need-privacy-in-this-case arguments keep coming up
over and over whenever the p-word rears its head.
Except the arguments aren't always the same. And there are plenty of cases
where there's broad agreement in favor of "the p-word" when it has been brought
up.
Sufficiently so that I
was motivated to post an I-D addressing them one-by one:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-bray-privacy-choices-01 - which has
received a bit of interest over in perpass.
From which I quote:
This document attempts to establish the following:
1. Whether or not information is considered "public" is not a good
criterion for choosing whether or not to deploy privacy technologies for
its users.
2. Privacy choices are difficult and context-dependent, so it's
inappropriate to ask users to make them.
3. Privacy techologies offer benefits to users of data services even when
those technologies are imperfect.
4. Cost should not be a significant factor while considering the deployment
of privacy technologies.
I have to say I fail to see the relevance of any of this. Your document talks
about objections to the deployment of privacy technology. To the best of my
knowledge the deployment of privacy technology is not at issue; indeed, several
people have argued for additional privacy options in access to IETF
documents.
Ned