Philip, I'm not disagreeing. I responded to Keith's mail relating what we do to what was done harvesting WiFi. Like the store, we're in a room. we're in a world of implied and actual consent (you do actually have to give some consents when you register for IETF)
-G On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker <hal...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 8:31 PM, George Michaelson <g...@algebras.org>wrote: > >> When next you walk into a target or big W, ask to see the conditions of >> entry. Along with implied consent to have your bags checked at any time, >> you have probably given consent to be video'ed and tracked at their behest. >> The poster is on the wall somewhere usually. Your statutory rights cannot >> be abrogated but equally, the grey areas have been 'informed'. >> > > The efficacy of such notices has not been tested in court and when they > are tested it is likely to cost the target about $2 million+ in legal fees. > > Since the IETF meets around the world the last thing we need is to spend > time checking the legality of the badge at the mic system. And even though > the IETF is not likely to be a target, I would hate to have some of the > less popular with governments organizations I am involved in copy what the > IETF does and then find themselves being targeted with a selective > prosecution. > > Barcodes have the potential to work really well and require almost no > change from current practice. The only downside to a barcode is that they > are slightly easier to forge. Though in the IETF context, forgery would > likely consist of people copying other people's badges for fun rather than > to avoid paying. > > > -- > Website: http://hallambaker.com/ >
