On 02/18/13 16:07, Roger Jørgensen allegedly wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Scott Brim <s...@internet2.edu> wrote: >> I have the usual concerns about privacy. I have no problem with someone >> knowing the endpoint that is communicating is associated with a vehicle >> (or that I, a human, am communicating from a vehicle). However, if >> someone can map easily from an IP address to a VIN (thus knowing the >> specific vehicle from which the communication is happening), and I have >> no choice but to reveal that information in order to communicate at all, >> I am not comfortable. In general, as an architectural principle, I want >> the option to control how much personal information I reveal. That's >> called privacy. > > Actual the problem is much simpler, it's not that easy to get the > unique ID of a vehicle today, however with the proposed solution it > become extremely easy. > Sort of the same idea that caused IPv6 to create all IPs based on the > mac address... we know how that ended, we created the privacy option. > > Do we want todo it all over again?
... and that argument isn't really over. And the legalities have not been tested yet, particularly in Europe. I'm not comfortable. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
