- From: John Simpson <john@consumerwatchdog.org>
- Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:53:01 -0800
- To: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Cc: "public-tracking@w3.org (public-tracking@w3.org)" <public-tracking@w3.org>
Yep. Says it better than I could... ---------------- John M. Simpson Consumer Advocate Consumer Watchdog Tel: 310-392-7041 On Feb 10, 2012, at 6:55 PM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote: > I have to say that I do not feel we are deadlocked or at loggerheads, and that overall I am enormously impressed by the civility of the exchanges and the flexibility exhibited by all, and by the skills of the chairs. > > I welcome the input from legislative bodies, and I think we should be mutually informed by them and they by us; we can learn about social issues, and points of principle (which are truly outside our purview) and they can learn, if they need, about what is possible, and implementable. > > I think we are all aware of the need to find the balance of a specification that consumers can respect as achieving something material to respect privacy, when requested, and that industry can respect as implementable, and can be offered to consumers. > > Overall, I am a long way from crying 'Uncle!', a long way from looking for an 'ombudsman'. I hope we never need one, and on current form, I think my hope reasonable. > > This is not to say that I don't have major concerns in several areas, or that I think no-one else has them. What I have is confidence in our ability to engage in productive, challenging, debate and resolution. > > David Singer > Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc. >
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