[ntp:hackers] Privacy: refclock_nmea is now munging lat/long

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk
Sun Apr 26 06:20:02 UTC 2009


Harlan Stenn wrote:
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> If it could be done, I'd like to see a flag bit, or a key id, or
> something that would say "report accurate location".  Otherwise, the
> user could cause a specific value to be returned for the location.
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> I'd rather see this be a runtime config thing.
>
> H

Folks,

I would prefer to see the full accuracy reported /unless/ the user turns 
it off at runtime.  There are lots of things stored on a PC which may be 
far more private than a location, and I think that munging lat/long 
appears as a paranoid response.

David 




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