On 01/16/2018 01:17 AM, Robert J. Hansen - r...@sixdemonbag.org wrote:
The SKS community has been discussing a considerably worse nightmare scenario for the past seven years.
Considering the possibility that this particular system will be forced to conform to a more contemporary (and I would argue more enlightened) legislative framework in respect to the right to privacy (cf., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten) should not be viewed as "discussing a [...] nightmare scenario", it should be considered as planning for demands that will be placed on the system by developments outside of it, i.e., by developments of the society that the system is supposed to serve. If there is merit to the principle that an Internet server operator can not keep publicly serving private data over the objections of the owner (the same as today, after many battles, he can no longer publicly serve data of commercial value over the objections of its owner), then it is not unreasonable to assume that most enlightened jurisdictions will sooner or later enact such legislation. Yes, it is DRM, but in my view ethically much more justifiable than DRM over the data of commercial value. The fact that one large jurisdiction is well on its way with enacting this, while another is not there yet, should be viewed as a fortunate circumstance, one that buys us time to do what needs to be done, not as an excuse to bury our heads in the sand. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
