Re: [apps-discuss] Webfinger discussion

[Andrew Sullivan <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 02:31:30PM -0400, Bob Wyman wrote:

> un-recommended!). If people did, in fact, use WebFinger to record such
> stuff, the concerns you mentioned would be relevant. Thus, it might make
> sense for the Security Considerations section to suggest that one should
> think carefully before using WebFinger to provide such dynamic information.

Right, that's most of what I was trying to say.  I do have a concern
that collecting a bunch of different information about a given person
and linking it together in a single, easy to access repository has
some potential security side effects (not just privacy ones, but those
too, of course) that are not clearly highlighted in the security
considerations.  I suppose one could argue that facebook's (or pick
your poison) user population shows nobody cares about that, but I
think it would still be good to have some observations about those
effects.

Best,

A

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