Re: [irsg] Minutes being messed with?

[Sandra Murphy <[e-mail]>]

> On Aug 7, 2019, at 1:43 PM, Jim Fenton <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> On 8/7/19 10:36 AM, Sandra Murphy wrote:
>> I had a similar thought about barriers. How many ietf attendees have
>> datatracker accounts? (could be that only the number of datatracker
>> accounts is known.) what is the process for getting an account? (if it
>> is automated and responds quickly, the barrier is small). 
> 
> 
> I can't remember quite what is involved, but you can go to
> datatracker.ietf.org/accounts/create and try it out :)

have one or two.  wouldn’t be a good test.

> 
>> but - why does the minute taker having a datatracker account make anyone feel better?  I’ve lost track - what problem does having a datatracker account solve?
> 
> 
> We had a situation where some of the WG notes were overwritten,
> apparently by translations into other languages. This raised the
> awareness that it would be possible for a malicious user to interfere
> with notetaking in this way, particularly if it is done during the
> meeting (making it harder to revert the changes). Requiring a
> datatracker login would add accountability.

OK, the problem solved is the deliberate attempt to “mess with” the minutes, not the accidental user slip-up.

In that case, I’d say the datatracker account process is too friendly to prevent or add accountability:

Please enter your email address in order to create your datatracker account.

Your email (lowercase)

<click on> Create account

Of course, there could be an involved vetting process behind that "Create account", but I don’t think so.

—Sandy

> 
> -Jim
>