Re: [ietf-privacy] Is there an official working definition for Privacy Online?

[Dave Crocker <[e-mail]>]

On 4/16/2015 3:33 PM, Robin Wilton wrote:
> I don't know of an official IETF finite on, but this is the one the Internet Society has been using for a while, and I think it's still good:
> 
> http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2013/12/language-privacy


Thanks. That definition looks quite reasonable.

Now to get the IETF to settle on it...

Note that the definition isn't all that complicated, but does cover the
essential issue that discussions of privacy usually entail, specifically
control over disclosure.  Also note that that is quite a useful
distinction from "confidentiality" and its usual embodiment of "encryption".

Failure to adopt a working definition for a key construct tends to
reflect a failure to build a solid, shared foundation for the topic of
interest.

d/

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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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