Alissa, It was suggested that we remove the word "implicit". I'm OK with removing it. If we did that, would you want to add this new sentence or a modified version of it?
Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: apps-discuss-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:apps-discuss- > boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Alissa Cooper > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 11:31 AM > To: ietf@ietf.org > Cc: apps-disc...@ietf.org > Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] Last Call: <draft-ietf-appsawg-webfinger- > 10.txt> (WebFinger) to Proposed Standard > > Given how little control Internet users already have over which > information about them appears in which context, I do not have a lot of > confidence that the claimed discoverability benefits of WebFinger > outweigh its potential to further degrade users' ability to keep > particular information about themselves within specific silos. However, > I'm coming quite late to this document, so perhaps that balancing has > already been discussed, and it strikes me as unreasonable to try to > stand in the way of publication at this point. > > Two suggestions in section 8: > > s/personal information/personal data/ > (see http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-iab-privacy-considerations- > 06#section-2.2 -- personal data is a more widely accepted term and > covers a larger range of information about people) > > The normative prohibition against using WebFinger to publish personal > data without authorization is good, but the notion of implicit > authorization leaves much uncertainty about what I imagine will be a use > case of interest: taking information out of a controlled context and > making it more widely available. To make it obvious that this has been > considered, I would suggest adding one more sentence to the end of the > fourth paragraph: > > "Publishing one's personal data within an access-controlled or otherwise > limited environment on the Internet does not equate to providing > implicit authorization of further publication of that data via > WebFinger." > > Alissa > > On Mar 4, 2013, at 3:24 PM, The IESG <iesg-secret...@ietf.org> wrote: > > > > > The IESG has received a request from the Applications Area Working > > Group WG (appsawg) to consider the following document: > > - 'WebFinger' > > <draft-ietf-appsawg-webfinger-10.txt> as Proposed Standard > > > > The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits > > final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the > > ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2013-03-18. Exceptionally, comments may > > be sent to i...@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the > > beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. > > > > Abstract > > > > > > This specification defines the WebFinger protocol, which can be used > > to discover information about people or other entities on the > > Internet using standard HTTP methods. WebFinger discovers > > information for a URI that might not be usable as a locator > > otherwise, such as account or email URIs. > > > > > > > > > > The file can be obtained via > > http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-appsawg-webfinger/ > > > > IESG discussion can be tracked via > > http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-appsawg-webfinger/ballot/ > > > > > > No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > apps-discuss mailing list > > apps-disc...@ietf.org > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/apps-discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > apps-discuss mailing list > apps-disc...@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/apps-discuss
