[Psi-devel] Privacy

[Kevin Smith]

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On 24 Apr 2005, at 15:34, Yves Goergen wrote:
> On 23.04.2005 15:35 (+0200), Kevin Smith wrote:
>> I strongly disagree here. This is a Very Good Thing (tm), that I think
>> a lot of normal users would really like, if they understood it.
> Well, I did understand it, but I see no use in it.
I wasn't suggesting that you didn't understand it, but rather that 
explaining it to users, would be difficult. That said, if you don't see 
a use in it, I suspect you don't understand why I (and I suspect 
others) will want it.

> A privacy list is not
> something I work every day with and it's not something that would
> require profiling. To me, privacy lists, access control lists, address
> books etc are something I edit once to fit my needs and then only
> occasionally change if the situation changes.
Well, that's fine, and having support for multiple lists in no way 
interferes with your use of it in this manner. I don't understand your 
sentiment, which appears to be that you don't want it, so no-one else 
should either.

> Why would I want to block incoming messages of my special friends only
> at home? If this is a realistic use of multiple privacy lists.
Well, for an example: I could want to have a privacy list set up that 
blocks those people who only have me in their roster to chat about Psi 
when I'm at work, and another that blocks my work contacts when I'm at 
home. There are times when communication with some people is desirable 
and with others is a distraction. Even without the home/work 
distinction, I have friends who have a core group of contacts they'll 
always talk to if they're online, and a wider group that they only want 
to talk to when they're not busy. This is a powerful feature and while 
some people may choose to not use it, some people will find it very 
useful.

> I
> remember I touched my ICQ block list 4 or 5 times in my whole life.
> Anything else goes with invisible mode and, so we have it, per-contact
> or per-group presences.
Invisibility mode uses privacy lists, so if you want per-contact of 
per-group invisibility, this is the way to do it :)

/K
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Kevin Smith
Psi Jabber client maintainer (http://psi.affinix.com/)
Taekwon-do club captain, University of Exeter
Postgraduate Research Student, Computer Science, University Of Exeter
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