1996-01-21 Henry Huang Stumbled across this some time ago, but didn’t have time to post it. There are some really serious civil-liberties and privacy implications to this case … which so far hasn’t seen the light of day. Relevant URL: http://www.cyberzine.org/html/GLAIDS/Bark/barkbackpage.html -H — ** Heavily Trimmed Excerpts from alt.politics.datahighway: From: •••@••.••• (NY Transfer News Collective) … Read more…

1996-01-21 Richard Moore Arun wrote: >While they all are unable to make much sense of the Internet, I think the >Internet will survive and thrive precisely because the telcos will not be >able to agree on an alternative. Nor could their alternative have the >dynamism of the net. They will be reduced to the level … Read more…

1996-01-21 Arun Mehta > Queries: Will telcos change pricing strategies to correspond to > economic realities? How, who will lead, how will the Internet > figure into their business plans? Good questions. I think Low-Earth-Orbit satellite communications will be the trigger. For now, Iridium & co. seem to be cooperating with the telcos, suggesting that … Read more…

1996-01-20 Craig A. Johnson Queries: Will telcos change pricing strategies to correspond to economic realities? How, who will lead, how will the Internet figure into their business plans? –caj “””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””” Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 15:04:19 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: the Brits got it right on!!! [funny we keep telling the US … Read more…

1996-01-20 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Jim Warren) Subject: GovAccess.246.snoop: peepers+censors; Netscape+NSA; PGP; anonymous! … Net Censorship Precedents Would be Useful to Enforcers, IRS, etc. Date: 09 Jan 96 08:45:09 EST From: John Cooper <•••@••.•••> Subject: Snoops+Censor: Investor’s Business Daily Article Today’s IBD (1-9-96) printed an in-depth (for … Read more…

1996-01-20 Craig A. Johnson In a sign that copyright enforcement on the Net is tightening, a federal judge ruled yesterday against Arnaldo P. Lerma, who posted so-called “secrets” of the Church of Scientology on the Net. The same judge ruled last year in the cult’s lawsuit against The Washington Post that the newspaper had used … Read more…

1996-01-19 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 Sender: Henry Huang <•••@••.•••> Subject: FYI: NSA Articles in Web Review Article 1706 of alt.politics.datahighway: Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 Subject: NSA SHORTCIRCUITING FUTURE CRYPTO CAPABILITIES from Global Net News === [Want to know the easiest way… Puzzle Palace coauthor Wayne Madsen, in an article written … Read more…

1996-01-19 Craig A. Johnson Note: The redacted Executive Summary mentioned below will be placed in the Cyber Rights Library. –caj “””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””” From: Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Commerce Releases Crypto Availability Report The US Department of Commerce today released a report on the international market for encryption software. The report, which was jointly produced by … Read more…

1996-01-19 Craig A. Johnson Below are excerpts from an article posted by Dave Farber to his IP list. The story details the porn and “child protection” craze that is sweeping the country in the wake of Exon’s “indecent” bill. –caj “””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””” Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 06:04:49 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: NY … Read more…

1996-01-18 Craig A. Johnson ———————————————————————— ****** ******** ************** ******** ********* ************** ** ** ** *** POLICY POST ** ** ** *** ** ** ** *** January 17, 1996 ** ** ** *** Number 35 ******** ********* *** ****** ******** *** ———————————————————————— A briefing on public policy issues affecting civil liberties online ———————————————————————— CDT POLICY POST … Read more…