1996-03-06 Sender: •••@••.••• (Marty Tennant) IMO, the posting of Brock Meeks regarding the intent of the FCC to “do something” about ISP’s using local switching capabilities, without paying for it like long distance carriers on a per minute basis, will fuel the evolution of emerging alternative transmission technologies. I predict it will be good for … Read more…
1996-03-06 Sender: Al Quaglieri <•••@••.•••> On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Cyber Rights wrote: > I was getting hit alot by virus too…but my solution is Norton > Antivirus…It has a Auto Protect mode that is constantly watching what I am > doing and will alert any presents of a virus or innoculation of my system … Read more…
1996-03-05 Richard Moore Dear c-r, Andy has now taken back over as moderator, and I’d like to say I’ve enjoyed handling the job while he’s been recovering. These have been an action-packed few months, and c-r has been very much in the front trenches, as perhaps the best comprehensive online forum of cyber issues. The … Read more…
1996-03-05 Andy Oram Since I have just returned to moderating this mailing list, it’s a good time to tell you about why I am doing the work and what my own view of the issues is. If you are just interested in the facts and don’t care about personalities, go ahead and hit your delete … Read more…
1996-03-05 Sender: •••@••.••• (Glen Raphael) This is a response to Dave Ketchum and others who are wondering why some consumer advocates want open competition between local service providers of cable, telephone and such. >It is beyond me how competition fits into the local loop. […] >How do competing companies […] do all this >more economically … Read more…
1996-03-05 Pointers from moderator: A group of U.S. Senators have introduce a bill designed to loosen the restrictions on exporting encryption. This bill would make it easier for computer and networking software to include encryption–but there are compromises with the Clipper chip plan and other concessions. If you’d like to see newsletters from EFF, VTW, … Read more…
1996-03-05 Sender: •••@••.••• (Glen Raphael) Here’s a web reference to studies of the connection between pornography and violence. There’s food for thought for both sides of the debate here: http://www.cqi.com/~ttguy/refs2.htm And here’s a web reference to a Marijuana Myths page which describes some of the stories regarding alleged harm done by marijuna use and how … Read more…
1996-03-05 Sender: •••@••.••• In a message dated 96-03-04 16:18:50 EST, you write: >This is amazing. in ten+ years of computing I’ve been hit only once by a >virus. And it was this one. ~-~snip I was getting hit alot by virus too…but my solution is Norton Antivirus…It has a Auto Protect mode that is constantly … Read more…
1996-03-05 Craig A. Johnson New “Encrypted Communications Privacy Act” – Enabling Electronic Envelopes ========================================================================== FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION +1 415 436 9333 •••@••.••• March 5, 1996 http://www.eff.org The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is encouraged to see Congressional support for lifting restrictions on encryption and affirming privacy rights for U.S. citizens. The bill introduced … Read more…
1996-03-04 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Good news from the ACLU: (1) On Monday, 2/26, the Court received and filed the written stipulation from the government that they will not initiate investigations or begin prosecutions under either the “patently offensive” or the “indecency” provisions of the CDA. This applies to the plaintiffs *and* all Internet users. … Read more…