[JDEV] Privacy in conferencing -- does it work?

Benoit Orihuela borihuela at idealx.com
Mon Jul 16 03:01:48 CDT 2001


hi,

> In the more recent draft of the protocol, the functionality provided by 
> 'privacy' is always on; iq requests are defined as IQ requests against 
> the representation of the user within the room, not the account/client 
> connected.
> 
> Wait! Does this mean that it will always be impossible to determine the 
> actual JID of a chat participant, and all chats will be anonymous? Will 
> it also become impossible to browse the room and see the real JIDs of 
> the participants? (The draft does not mention this.)
I've seen anything about user privacy in the current draft but by
default, privacy is off for an user ...


Regards,

Benoit.

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Benoit Orihuela		
IDEALX S.A.S.



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