[127261] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 consumer perception
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Fri Jun 18 12:31:43 2010
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <270017.4386.qm@web114714.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:31:27 -0400
To: Zed Usser <zzuser@yahoo.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jun 18, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Zed Usser wrote:
> With marketing campaigns like these, no consumer will want to use =
IPv6, if it becomes associated with privacy problems.
>=20
> =
http://torrentfreak.com/huge-security-flaw-makes-vpns-useless-for-bittorre=
nt-100617/
>=20
> It is, of course, totally irrelevant whether the reporting is =
factually correct or even based on real IPv6 issues or not, this is how =
public opinion is formed.=20
>=20
> The only takeaway from this to a non-technical user is that IPv6 is =
bad and the correct solution is to turn it off.
I think that the idea that your communications are purely anonymous is =
something that has been put out there by people that do not get the =
technology.
I recall explaining to some nice folks at the Secret Service back in the =
90's where some emails came from, and how to actually get in contact =
with the real person who made threats against the president.
Do these people take their license plates off their cars while they =
drive on the streets, or scratch out their VINs?
To think it's impossible to determine attribution on the internet is =
foolish.
- Jared
(While there are legal torrents, and that's *surely* the only reason for =
piratebay to be used, it does not excuse the criminal activity if you =
*think* you can't be tracked).=
