FW: [governance] RE: [IP] NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society Statement on the Importance of Open Global Dialogue Regarding Online Privacy

[McTim]

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:50 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>wrote:

> +1 but with a few caveats…****
>
> **
>
> However, what the statement does not do which is the rather more difficult
> but necessary next step is to suggest what needs to be done from a
> technical perspective or perhaps better how can the technical and policy
> infrastructure of the Internet be designed/engineered so as to ensure that
> the challenge to the human rights of citizens globally that PRISM and
> associated technical innovations and practices represent is subject to an
> appropriate degree of transparency and accountability to a global public to
> ensure that the Total Surveillance Society is not brought to pass.  ****
>
> ** **
>
> Perhaps
>

Perhaps is an understatement.  Unrealistic would be a better word.




>  it is unrealistic to expect ISOC to bring forward such recommendations
> with such haste.  However, one could expect that ISOC should indicate how
> it will collaborate with others including civil society, the private sector
> and governments in the analysis of the limitations in the existing system
> which allow for what the statement terms "the unwarranted collection,
> storage and potential correlation of user data"; what measures can and
> should be taken to curb such practices; and what mechanisms technical and
> governance need to be put in place to ensure that such measures and related
> developments are not allowed to happen in the future.  ****
>
> ** **
>
> The shared goal would appear to be that the Internet be allowed to grow
> and develop as the statement says as a "secure, reliable, private
> communication between entities and individuals" and that those "trusted
> interactions in cyberspace (which) are critical not only for the future of
> the Internet, but also for continued innovation, economic and political
> progress and a vibrant global community" are allowed to grow and flourish
> for the future. ****
>
> ** **
>
> The challenge facing the technical community as much or even more than
> others is to work out how within the limits of their knowledge and
> experience and the knowledge and experience of others in partnership
> globally, this may be realized.
>


I doubt the T&A will take this up, it's more for app developers and the biz
community I would think.

The T&A are limited in what they can do, despite what some on this list
think.  For example, they have been pushing IPv6 and DNSSEC for a decade
now with only marginal uptake of either.  Asking them to re-engineer the
entire Internet is a complete non-starter.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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