Re: [VCARDDAV] vcards and privacy

Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov@isode.com> Thu, 21 April 2011 17:08 UTC

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Subject: Re: [VCARDDAV] vcards and privacy
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Peter Saint-Andre wrote:

><hat type='individual'/>
>
>The security considerations section of the base spec doesn't mention
>that certain information might be useful to potential attackers in real
>life.
>
>For example, a combination of BDAY (draft-ietf-vcarddav-vcardrev) and
>BIRTHPLACE (draft-li-vcarddav-vcard-id-property-extensions) and some
>possible future extensions like MOTHERSMAIDENNAME and FIRSTPET and so on
>could be used to construct a fairly useful profile for the purpose of
>identity theft or unauthorized access to user accounts.
>
>As another example, ADR properties and GEO properties / params might
>contain detailed location information about an individual. Perhaps it
>might be helpful to check RFC 3693 for similar considerations.
>
>Do folks here think we need to say anything about such issues?
>  
>
Sure. Do you want to suggest some text ;-)?