[atlas] Proposal: Remove support for non-public measurements [ONLY-PUBLIC]

Hi,

On 12/31/22 18:37, Randy Bush wrote:
> hi robert,
>
> and thanks
>
>> I seem to remember that a typical non-public measurement is a one-off,
>> and as such the data volume collected and stored is likely to be
>> relatiely low.
> interesting

There is an old (late 2016) labs post worth referring to for this 
discussion [1].

In 2020 there was a survey of the users of private measurements [2], 
which was intended to get feedback on their actual use-cases. I seem to 
recall a very small set of respondents from an already small set of 
surveyees. The results are probably lost in the ether.

I feel there's an aspect of the broader question that is rarely touched 
upon in these discussions: would user behaviour actually change if 
non-public measurements went away? I'm never sure how many use-cases are 
truly secret.


Cheers,

S.



[1] 
https://labs.ripe.net/author/kistel/non-public-measurements-in-ripe-atlas/

[2] 
https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/ripe-atlas-private-measurements-survey/



>
>> I don't have the numbers readily available to me at this moment, but
>> we can certainly dig up recent statistics about this.
> i did not intend to create a lot of work for you.  but, as a measurement
> person, i am a bit fond of basing decisions on facts.
>
> randy
>