Re: [Sipping-emergency] RE: Civil location syntax validation - wa s RE: How to handle Validation failures

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Peterson, Jon wrote:

> So, just to make sure I understand, validation uses the same network
> operation, basically, that would be used for a route query?
> 
> Agreed that it should be possible for a route query to return 'I didn't
> understand your address format', 'I understand your address and it isn't
> actually valid', and so on beyond just the sunny-day case of returning the
> route. Also, plus or minus some authorization and operational issues, I
> agree that an ordinary user should be able to launch this sort of query
> outside the context of an emergency call.

I'm not so sure of that.

It seems that there is a lot of very useful information in this database 
- which addresses exist, which do not, and information on the relative 
proximity of civil addresses to each other (two addresses that map to 
the same ERC would be "close" in some way). As a result, I feel that 
there are probably privacy implications of allowing worldwide open 
access to this database. Seems like it would be mined by spammers to 
validate mailing addresses, and used for all sorts of other nefarious 
purposes.

Along those lines, I think it might be a good idea to sprinkle some nice 
words into the charter about taking into consideration privacy concerns, 
and properly balancing them with the needs of emergency call routing.

-Jonathan R.

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