Re: Privacy and security issues

["Conroy, Lawrence (SMTP)" <]

Hi Folks,
At 10:34 am -0400 16/10/03, Richard Shockey wrote:
<snip 'whois considered boring/crisp is the answer'/nation-state-issue>
> and as the draft below indicates .. if you read carefully ... 1. 
> this is a opt in system ..but 2. the use of SIP actually enhances 
> consumer privacy by giving direct control of voice communications 
> back to the end user and not the incumbent carrier and creates new 
> and dynamic competitive forces in the market that can and IMHO will 
> respond quickly to the privacy needs and requirements of consumers 
> ...unlike some incumbent carriers we are familiar with.
Note that by "end user", we mean here the callee/registrant ONLY, as the
SIP provider approach is focused on executing callee policy. There is no
useful negotiation here. Remember that the caller is also a consumer, and
may be the one who pays for a call, so "SIP" is not a magic bullet.

Overarching privacy concerns seem obsolete anyway - after all, it's 
just you, me,
and the NSA (and, in the UK, the local trading standards department, 
their dog, ...).

all the best,
  Lawrence
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