- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:39:01 -0700
- To: Fred Andrews <fredandw@live.com>
- Cc: "public-tracking@w3.org Group" <public-tracking@w3.org>
Received on Friday, 12 October 2012 08:39:18 UTC
On Oct 11, 2012, at 5:08 PM, Fred Andrews wrote: > Showing harm to the user is very easy. If you really need help then just look to all the claimed critical permitted uses - while the user private data is taken for these uses the value to a user of sharing this data is zero and thus causes a huge financial loss to users. That is just nonsense. The data collected for permitted uses is to allow a service to protect itself against attacks and allow non-targeted advertising to be paid for without user accounts. The benefit to the user is that they can remain pseudonymous to the site while receiving free services, as opposed to requiring a user account, email address, and either fully-targeted content advertising or fees to supply the service. In other words, the permitted uses are needed because the alternative is no privacy at all (or no service at all). ....Roy
Received on Friday, 12 October 2012 08:39:18 UTC