[aprssig] APRS Foundation and Privacy Concerns

[Jeff Hochberg]

Oh Lynn…you took all the fun out of it! Lol!

Jeff Hochberg
President
APRS Foundation Inc


On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 21:38 Lynn W Deffenbaugh (Mr) <KJ4ERJ at arrl.net>
wrote:

> Spoiler alert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
>
> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
>
>
> On 9/20/2024 8:59 PM, Jeff Hochberg wrote:
>
> Yes - but why is 1/1/1970 significant? While I would venture to say this
> group is more likely to know the significance than others, it’s probably
> worth taking a minute to explain (or at least link to it). :-)
>
> @N1DAM - thank you for your feedback.
>
> Over the years, I’ve learned to appreciate the concept of “less is more.”
> Now, if only I could learn how to get my points across more succinctly
> (instead of chapters from War and Peace)…
>
> But I digress.
>
> Jeff Hochberg
> President
> APRS Foundation Inc
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 20:53 Randy Hall <aa6rh at socorad.io> wrote:
>
>> 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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