[CPWG] [GTLD-WG] [SPAM] Re: [registration-issues-wg] ALAC Statement regarding EPDP

[Roberto Gaetano]

+1

If we had a definite supremacy of one over the other (security vs privacy or vice-versa) the problem would be easy to solve.
The complication is exactly in the need to strike a balance between the two.
R


> On 07.08.2018, at 04:02, Evan Leibovitch <evanleibovitch at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Marita wrote:
> 
> *Perhaps it is *
> *unintentional, but the language does send the message that we are *
> *looking more carefully at security than privacy. I am also not
> convinced **that
> end-users would want us to do that.*
> 
> 
> I
> , OTOH, am significantly
> more convinced of that
> ; I
> ask
> for
> evidence
> to back up the claim that those we try to speak for value privacy over
> security
> .
> 
> What we do
> have
> , from the massive successes of FANG
> and their spawn
> ... not to mention the explicitly invasive home devices that they
> deploy
> ...
> is compelling
> evidence of the LOW value given to privacy in the pursuit of other things.
> Add to that the pervasiveness of CCTV, license plate scanners and facial
> recognition in democracies where such surveillance is simply not a
> political
> controvery
> (including the countries that gave us the GDPR).
> 
> We have within this community privacy advocates
> , and that is important. But just as important is that
> we also have
> people on the front lines of the battle against internet scammers, malware
> spreaders and other bad actors who abuse privacy in pursuit of real harm.
> Uniquely within ICANN
> ,
> At-Large seeks the necessary balance between privacy and accountability
> that seems so lacking elswhere
> .
> 
> So I will disagree with Marita that ALAC's long-standing interest to strike
> this balance is against the interest of the global Internet end users we
> are charged with advancing. While the need for privacy advocates
> (and what they advocate)
> is critical, it is a significant error to assert that the global public of
> today values privacy over security.
> What ought to be does not necessarily match what is.
> 
> - Evan
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