Bob and Benoît,
I agree for a long-term plan (but also for a short-term action like Hackathon and leveraging some IETF technologies to DISTRIBUTE -- no centralization -- of private info).
The DRIP WG (Drone Remote ID Protocol) has related use cases and technologies (also using Bluetooth BTW)
-éric
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From: ietf <ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx> on behalf of Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, 15 April 2020 at 20:31
To: John Wroclawski <jtw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Carsten Bormann <cabo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@xxxxxxxxx>, IETF <ietf@xxxxxxxx>, Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: COVID-19 contacts tracker (Re: a brief pondering)
John, Carsten,
> On Apr 15, 2020, at 10:13 AM, John Wroclawski <jtw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> ….
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> I think the existence of these things, and the speed they’re moving at, pretty much validates Carsten’s observation that:
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>> On Apr 15, 2020, at 12:25 PM, Carsten Bormann <cabo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> (1) We are not fast enough. (Some of us are, but as an organization we aren’t.)
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Yes, but I think it’s a mistake to think that this is a one time thing and that it will be done anytime soon. We shouldn’t get in the way of what MIT/Google/Apple/etc. are doing in the short term, but I do think there is long term value developing something in the IETF that will prepare for the long term. That has a reasonable balance between tracking for medical vs. political tracking.
Until there is a vaccine this will reoccur, and other pandemics will happen.
Bob
