On 19/03/2019 16:58, Keith Moore wrote:
On 3/19/19 12:09 PM, Kathleen Moriarty wrote:
I had asked this question on an earlier version of this draft and want
to poke at it again. Is the focus on end users the best and most
effective way to achieve the same objective? Could the focus of this
work be shifted to privacy and providing anonymity in protocols instead?
I don't think I understand. Why would we emphasize privacy and
anonymity if not for the benefit of end users? Also, this kind of
direction wouldn't tell us how to deal with tussles between privacy or
anonymity, and other needs of end users.
I claim that, fundamentally, the Internet exists to benefit end users -
much more than, say, to benefit network operators, merchants, equipment
manufacturers, Big Brother, etc. Failing to recognize that only makes
IETF less relevant.
Keith
It needs to benefit the whole eco-system. Using the end user as a proxy
for all of the other partners will lead to sub-optimal solutions.
As for Big Brother (presumably not the TV show), I hold a view that is
controversial in the IETF, that as a tax payer I pay various agencies to
protect me and my family, and if they need to see Internet data to do
their job, then they should have access to it.
- Stewart
