[aprssig] APRS Foundation and Privacy Concerns

[Randy Hall]

Uncanny, that's my birthday too! 😁

On Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 5:52 PM Eric Hansen <skyssx at gmail.com> wrote:

> My birthday is the same as everyone else in infosec: 1/1/1970.
>
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 1:47 PM Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> wrote:
>
>> Eric Lorenz K9LGE <k9lge at emlorenz.com> writes:
>>
>> > So I am going to play devils advocate here-
>> >
>> > My first reaction when I read your email was to the other end- why such
>> an
>> > overboard reaction on this??? Maybe a couple changes, like...
>> > - an explainitory tag, "so we can wish you a happy birthday!"
>> > - make it month/ day *only*
>> > - make it optional- and add "(optional)" to the field tag.
>> >
>> > That way, people who don't want to don't have to but those who do want
>> to..
>> > can.
>>
>> It's not overboard at all.
>>
>> In today's world, data, once collected is subject to
>>   - data breaches
>>   - misuse by a successor entity with lower ethical standards
>>   - errors in judgement by succeeding people in the same entity (you'd
>>     be surprised how many people think it's ok to load resources from
>>     google)
>>
>> All of this is risk, and thus data is a toxic asset, to be collected and
>> retained only really necessary.   It's exactly the right call to decline
>> to collect anything more than is needed.
>>
>> 73 de n1dam
>>
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