Re: Position escrow

[Mark Armbrust <marka@ff.com>]

At 03:08 PM 4/21/98 -0700, you wrote:
>This is a really difficult issue. Even the most diehard cypherpunk
>cannot doubt the usefulness of a cellular position reporting
>capability in an emergency situation, when the user *wants* the cops
>or whoever to know where he is.  The big problem is how to keep it
>from being used (or abused) for "law enforcement" purposes without the
>consent of the user.

Don't archive the information -- supply it as part of the CNID.  If the
user has disabled caller-ID don't supply the location info either.

This depends on the integrity of the service provider and whether they have
the balls to stand up against CALEA.

--Mark

"The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal
vigilance which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence
of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt."

    John Philpott Curran, speech on the Right of election of the Mayor
    of Dublin, 1790.