You seem to imply that there is a technical infeasibility that cannot be overcome. If the public point database were segregated by a UNIX-style permissions system and connected to via SSH, wouldn't it be just about as safe as any public file server or database? Files that are "shared" can be accessed, files that are private stay private. A server-side daemon could negotiate friends lists, proximity, and other details without ever exposing private position data publicly.
Am I missing something on the privacy front? Perhaps I just didn't grok your example. On 7/3/07, Ian Stirling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dylan McCall wrote: <snip> There is another aspect. Privacy. For example, I might be happy to be visible to other phone users in 50-100m, and my friends. I certainly do not want to be locatable by a random person over the internet. This does imply some sort of server, to which I upload my position, and will push to me information about any nearby phones. Also that publishes public key encrypted position, which anyone can download. A static database simply can't really do this. _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
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