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EFFector Online Volume 5 No. 16 9/3/1993 editors@eff.org
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A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation ISSN 1062-9424
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In this issue:
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Changes to EFFector Online 5.15
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Outline of Testimony Before NIST Advisory Board
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Telecommunications Radio Project Returns
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Coming Soon: Commercial Version of PGP!
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O'Reilly Announces the Global Network Navigator
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ASIS 1994 Mid Year Call for Papers
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Yet *Another* Job Opening at EFF!
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Donate Your Old Computers
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Changes to EFFector Online 5.15
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Please note the following changes from EFFector Online 5.15.
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Professor Spafford's address for the CFP'94 student paper competition is
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(e-mail and phone were correct):
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Professor Eugene Spafford
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Department of Computer Sciences
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1398 Computer Science Building
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Purdue University
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West Lafayette, IN 47907-1398
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EFF t-shirts are $10 with a $3 charge for shipping and handling. The
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shirts are only currently available in extra large.
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The ASCII version of the Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet has already been
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updated. The updated version is available by anonymous ftp from
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ftp.eff.org. The location is still
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Outline of Testimony Before NIST Advisory Board
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On September 2, 1993, Jerry Berman and Bruce Heiman of the Digital Privacy
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and Security Working Group, a coalition of over 50 telecommunications,
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computer and public interest organizations chaired by EFF, testified before
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the Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board to NIST on the
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Administration's Clipper/Skipjack proposal. Here is an outline of the
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testimony.
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Before the
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COMPUTER SYSTEM SECURITY AND PRIVACY ADVISORY BOARD
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Baltimore, MD
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Comments of the
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DIGITAL PRIVACY AND SECURITY WORKING GROUP
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September 2, 1993
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The Digital Privacy and Security Working Group has been meeting for almost
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half a year discussing options for a new policy on cryptography, privacy,
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and security. These comments represent a summary of the Working Group's
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progress and will be presented in more complete form in a report to be made
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public early in the fall.
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GOALS
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A. The Digital Privacy & Security Working Group shares the Clinton
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Administration's goal of promoting the development of the National and
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International Information Infrastructure
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B. Critical attributes of the emerging information infrastructure are:
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o Interoperability across a network of networks
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o Adherence to national and international standards
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o Security
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o Privacy
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C. DPSWG conclusions regarding security and privacy policy
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o Strong encryption must be widely available in the market for the
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NII and the III to succeed as new pathways for commerce and communication.
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o Encryption used must be TRUSTED and must accommodate FLEXIBLE
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IMPLEMENTATIONS.
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o Encryption policy must assure compliance with constitutional
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privacy guarantees while meeting the legitimate needs of law enforcement
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and national security.
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A PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA
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We are aware that the Clinton Administration is in the process of
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completing a comprehensive policy review in this area. Based on our common
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goal of developing the National Information Infrastructure, we are hopeful
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that we can reach agreement with the Administration on the following
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principles as a framework for a new public policy on cryptography, privacy,
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and security.
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A. The private sector could accept Clipper/Slipjack as one of many
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cryptographic systems, provided its use remains truly voluntary.
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The user market must be allowed to pick the most appropriate cryptographic
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tools, without undue interference of government purchasing power or
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domestic legal barriers.
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B. In order to promote the use and development of strong encryption
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critical to the NII, the Administration should act swiftly to relax current
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export controls on cryptography.
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A critical indication of the voluntariness of Slipjack will be the
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willingness of the Administration to relax export controls.
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C. Even if a truly voluntary escrow system is proposed, many questions
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must be answered by the Administration before any escrow system could be
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accepted.
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o Who will act as escrow agents?
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o What public policy mechanism will guaranty that key escrow remains
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a voluntary option?
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o What public policy mechanism will guarantee the privacy and
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security of escrowed keys?
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o Who will be liable in the event of a security breach?
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D. Before making a final decision on Clipper/Skipjack, a more complete
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evaluation of law enforcement concerns must be presented publicly.
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o No quantitative, cost-benefit analysis has yet been presented.
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o No explanation of how a voluntary escrow system solves law
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enforcement problems, given the continued availability of other
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non-escrowed cryptography systems, has been offered.
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o No public consideration of alternatives to escrow systems has been
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undertaken.
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E. Digital Telephony
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o Documented problems have been rectified.
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o There is a general willingness to establish a more formal
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government-private sector consultation process to resolve any other
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identifiable problems now or in the future.
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o No justification for legislation exists at this time.
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CONCLUSION
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Telecommunications Radio Project Returns
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The Telecommunications Radio Project at KPFA-FM in Berkeley is delighted
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to announce the returen of our award-winning series "The Communications
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Revolution."
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Your support and participation with last year's series was fundamental
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to its success both as it aired and afterwards as listeners called to
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request tapes, transcripts, and resource guides in unprecedented
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numbers. I hope that you will help us once again by sharing
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information about "The Communications Revolution" with your friends,
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colleagues, members, etc.
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Following please find a list of this year's programs:
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November 3, 1993 9am PST
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Technophobia: The Social Disease of the '90s
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Who invents these gadgets that come with a fifty page operator's manual?
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Why is it that "user friendly" usaully isn't? Why do I need an
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engineering degree to operate my VCR? And why aren't humane,
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environmentally conscious values considered in the R&D of telecommunications?
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November 10, 1993 9am PST
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The New Sweatshops: The Glamour-less Electronics Industry
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The popular image of hi-tech jobs doesn't include the segregated
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workplace of immigrant workers in low pay, high stress, repetitive
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and hazardous labor--all the ones who create the new gadgets and
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gizmos of the computer age.
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November 17, 1993 9am PST
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Nintendo Over Baghdad: The Future of War
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Will new hi-tech weaponry make the unthinkable thinkable? Can war now
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be presented to the American public as a clean, sanitary affair,
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causing minimal (and therefore acceptable) "collateral damage"? How are
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telecommunications technologies contributing to a new mass
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psychology regarding war?
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November 24, 1993
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When Your Health History Becomes Public Record
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The federal government is talking about creating a centralized national
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database for all our health records. They're already available to your
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future employer, landlord, neighbor. What is your right to privacy
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concerning your personal health history?
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December 1, 1993
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Art and Music through the Nets: The Death of Individual Creativity?
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Interactive technologies increase accessibility to original art and music.
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Will we see the end of copyrights? Who owns culture and what is
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intellectual property in the age of electronic collaboration?
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December 8, 1993
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The New National Information Infostructure: What's in it for Me?
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Internet, NREN, whatever you want to call it, an electronic interlink
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between government, education, and business organizations is
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rapidly taking shape. How are the big players jockeying for a
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piece of the action, and will the average citizen be left out of the
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game?
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December 15, 1993
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Electronic Porn and Computer Network Censorship
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Cyberpunk culture dabbles in pornography and we have Playboy on
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CD-ROM. Does anyone have a right to regulate or censor this material?
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What are the issues surrounding the debate between civil liberties and
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the protection of the public?
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December 22, 1993
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Occupational Hazards with Telecommunications Tools
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Why is it that after years of repetitive motion on typewriters, carpal
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tunnel syndrome is only now becoming widespread with the use of
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computers? Is it something about the keyboards? What's the
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latest on electromagnetic fields? VDT radiation?
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December 29, 1993
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Technology in the Classroom: No Substitute for Teachers?
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Distance learning allows students from K through college access to
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programs and materials not in their schools. A new global village
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is being created in which kids learn from each other across continents.
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Are these glitzy gadgets for the few or an answer to our national
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crisis in education?
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January 5, 1994
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Update on Competition since Divestiture: Who Wins and Who Loses?
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The phone companies are getting ready to compete for regional toll
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calls, offer new services such as multiple TV channels and interactive
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television. But some groups, such as rural residents, may be left
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out. Basic and Lifeline rates may go up. What will be the
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status of consumer protections with the new telecom technologies?
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January 12, 1994
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The Death of Privacy--and Forget About Anonymity too
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Some workplaces now require that you carry a "smart card" so that you
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can be located anytime. City employees in one western city were asked
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to resign when the mayor read their e-mail messages--which were all
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about him! What are our rights to privacy and anonymity in the
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computer age?
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January 19, 1994
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Can Instant Global Telecommunications be a Tool for Social Change?
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The environmental movement uses computer networks, fax, and
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other telecom tools for organizing. But how effective are they really?
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And how are conservative organizations networking in the '90s via
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computer databases, fax, and modem?
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January 26, 1994
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Future Media: Instant News for Instant Views
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Editorial control over content of news and increasing pressure on news
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rooms to offer "infotainment" to the public is made easier by new
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telecommunications news gathering tools. How is all this working and
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what will be its effect on informing the public?
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All shows will air at 9 am PST. For more information about the series
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or for a list of stations carrying the show, please contact me at:
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Kim Lau
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Telecommunications Radio Project
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KPFA-FM
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1929 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
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Berkeley CA 94704
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510-848-6767 ext. 264
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510-883-0311 (fax)
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Coming Soon: Commercial Version of PGP
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Philip Zimmermann has signed an agreement with ViaCrypt, a division
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of Lemcom Systems, Inc., to sell a commercial version of PGP. ViaCrypt
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is a company in Phoenix, Arizona, that already has an RSA license from
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Public Key Partners to sell products that use the RSA algorithm.
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The freeware version of PGP will still be available and will be
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maintained as well as the commercial version. Most corporations
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were not willing to use PGP because it was not licensed by PKP
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or RSA Data Security. With this commercial version of PGP, it will be
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possible for PGP to enter commercial environments for the first time
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and compete with other products such as PEM. This is expected to
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enhance PGP's viability as a de facto standard in the long run.
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ViaCrypt PGP will be available in the USA and Canada, for an introductory
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price of $100 for a single user, with quantity discounts available.
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For details, call ViaCrypt at (602) 944-0773, or contact Philip
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Zimmermann at prz@acm.org.
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ASIS 1994 Mid Year Call for Papers
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Call For Participation
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1994 Mid-Year Meeting, American Society for Information Science
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Navigating the Networks
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May 22 - 25, 1994
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Red Lion Hotel, Columbia River
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Portland, Oregon
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With amazing speed electronic networking systems have grown up around us;
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once simple roads leading directly to our destination have become a complex
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of interchanges and intersections, whether seen or not. Networking has
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experienced a phenomenal rate of growth (11,000 networks currently); the
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need for road maps, directional signs and directories is painfully clear
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and the implementation of wireless communications has barely begun.
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What will the interfaces be in the future? Will there be "smart highways"
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guiding drivers speed, direction, etc. and determining the best routing?
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Will knowbots become the search vehicle of choice? Who, if anyone, will be
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the electronic traffic cops and can we rely on either the legislatures or
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the courts to determine our future? Will there be toll roads? Can the
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electronic highways as we now know them (public networks) support both
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individual users (passenger cars) and commercial users (the tractor
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trailers of the digital highways)? What changes will take place in
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publishing, both scholarly and commercial?
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While online communicating via networks was once predominantly
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academic/research, the corporate world is the fastest growing sector (over
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500,000 users) of national and international network users. Commercial
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growth, however, has been slowed by security concerns. How will legitimate
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U.S. and corporate security concerns and individual privacy fears be
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ameliorated in the new high speed data highway system? Will commercial
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traffic fundamentally alter the education/research sense of community that
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has grown up with Internet?
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Will "sneaker nets," LANs and WANs, be replaced by wireless networks,
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groupware and collaborative computer- supported work. What changes will
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result in how we work and what we do? Will decisions inexorably become
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more democratic but slower as has been predicted? Will the horns and
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shouts of inner city traffic be a metaphor for the "white noise" of
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computer lists and discussion groups? What tools exist for filtering out
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"noise" and what impact will that have on our work?
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Invitation
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The 1994 ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, "Navigating the Networks" has as its focus
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the human side of networks, the psychology and sociology of using networks.
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What has been and will be the impact of networking technology on the
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individual and on organizations, their structure and goals? Original
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contributed papers are solicited on all aspects of networking use in
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information management. Panel discussions exploring legal and
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philosophical questions of use, quality, distribution, control, and
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ownership are welcome. Presentations of new technologies or applications
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to solve our information management problems are welcome. We invite
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submissions of papers, panels, tutorials, demonstrations and original ideas
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for programs on networking.
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Types of Submissions
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Contributed Papers
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The initial intent to submit should include the title and an extended
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outline or draft paper. Papers should address one or more of the issues
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outlined above. Presenters of accepted papers will be allowed 15-25
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minutes for delivery. All papers will be refereed. All intents to submit
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papers must be received by September 1, 1993. Notification of acceptance
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will be sent by December 1, 1993; camera ready papers will be due by
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February 1, 1994.
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Panel, Special Interest Group, and Other Presentations
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Individual contributions and panel discussions are welcome. All intents to
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organize sessions should include a description of 250 words indicating the
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topic and proposed speakers to address the topic, with contact information
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for all speakers. A form for proposing panel sessions is attached. All
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intents to organize panel presentations and other program suggestions must
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be received by September 30, 1993. Notification of acceptance will be sent
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by December 1, 1993; a final list of speakers, with complete contact
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information, and camera ready copy (full length if desired, or abstract)
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will be due by February 1, 1994.
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Two copies of your proposal and abstracts are required. A paper copy or
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electronic copy (encouraged, e-mail or ASCII) should be sent to the
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addresses below. You will receive instructions for submission of final
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copy upon acceptance.
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Pat Molholt
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Asst. V.P. & Assoc. Dean for Scholarly Resources
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Columbia University Health Sciences
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Office of Scholarly Resources
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701 West 168th Street, Room 201
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New York, NY 10032
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asis94my@columbia.edu
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ASIS 1994 Mid-Year Meeting
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8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501
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Silver Spring, MD 20910
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rhill@cni.org
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In order to maintain the quality of ASIS meetings and to be sure that
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meeting attendees can determine which presentations are most appropriate
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for the individual needs, ASIS requires that all submissions/proposals
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include the following information:
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Name, job title, company and full address of each presenter.
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Telephone, E-Mail, and fax number (if available) of each presenter.
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A biographical sketch of each presenter (50 words max.).
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The amount of time requested for the presentation (in 15 min. increments).
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A session description that can appear in promotional materials.
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Submissions without the above items will be returned for completion.
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Yet *Another* Job Opening at EFF
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Position Announcement
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation
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DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation, based in Washington, DC, is a public
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interest organization that brings together legal, technical, and policy
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expertise to address the democratic potential and social impact of new
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computer and communications technologies. EFF has rapidly expanded its
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influence in the national public policy arena, helping to find common
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ground among the concerns of government, industry, and the public interest.
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EFF promotes the broad social and economic benefits offered by new
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information and communication technology while safeguarding principles of
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freedom, openness, competitiveness, and the civil liberties of individual
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citizens.
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EFF is seeking an experienced Director of Communications to articulate and
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communicate EFF's messages to a range of audiences. The Director of
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Communications will work closely with the Membership Coordinator, who will
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implement plans for membership development, and an Online Activist, who
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will be responsible for getting EFF 's message out on electronic networks.
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We're looking for an experienced wordsmith and ideasmith who can write and
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edit a range of policy, press and promotional materials, help develop a
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communication and membership strategy, define audiences, and develop themes
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that speak to those audiences through the electronic, broadcast, and print
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media. You must be an energetic, hands-on, team member who loves to write
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on a range of topics with style, depth, and political sensibility, and you
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should be comfortable with public speaking. Knowledge of public policy,
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technology issues, and experience in a public interest setting preferred.
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Applicants should be computer literate and have experience managing
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multiple projects, deadlines, and collaborations. Minimum B.S./B.A. plus 5
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years professional experience in a related field such as journalism,
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politics, advertising, business communications, news or public relations.
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A sense of humor is required. Excellent salary and benefits, and lively,
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committed coworkers.
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This position is in Washington, DC. No phone calls, please. To apply,
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send resume, brief writing sample, cover letter and salary requirements by
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September 27 to our recruiter:
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Lisa Breit & Associates
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54 Rich Valley Road
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Wayland, MA 01778
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You may apply by e-mail (ASCII only please). Address to: lbreit@eff.org
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation is an equal opportunity employer.
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Donate Your Old Computers
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The Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations in Nairobi is in the
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process of establishing a computer center. The Institute educates young
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diplomats from all of Africa and would like to promote the use of
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computers. They are looking for second-hand computers or any other
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computer equipment. Contact Jovan Kurbalija, the Institute's temporary
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computer consultant at Olewe.Nyunya@p430.f4.n731.z5.gnfido.fidonet.org if
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you can help.
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Coordination, production and shipping by Shari Steele,
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MEMBERSHIP IN THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
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In order to continue the work already begun and to expand our efforts and
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activities into other realms of the electronic frontier, we need the
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financial support of individuals and organizations.
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If you support our goals and our work, you can show that support by
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becoming a member now. Members receive our bi-weekly electronic newsletter,
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EFFector Online (if you have an electronic address that can be reached
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through the Net), and special releases and other notices on our activities.
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But because we believe that support should be freely given, you can
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receive these things even if you do not elect to become a member.
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Your membership/donation is fully tax deductible.
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Our memberships are $20.00 per year for students and $40.00 per year for
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regular members. You may, of course, donate more if you wish.
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Mail to:
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Membership Coordinator
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
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1001 G Street, N.W.
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Suite 950 East
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Washington, DC 20001 USA
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Membership rates:
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$20.00 (student or low income membership)
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$40.00 (regular membership)
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[ ] I wish to become a member of the EFF. I enclose: $_______
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[ ] I wish to renew my membership in the EFF. I enclose: $_______
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[ ] I enclose an additional donation of $_______
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Name:
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Organization:
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Address:
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City or Town:
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State: Zip: Phone: ( ) (optional)
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FAX: ( ) (optional)
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E-mail address:
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I enclose a check [ ].
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Please charge my membership in the amount of $
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to my Mastercard [ ] Visa [ ] American Express [ ]
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Number:
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Expiration date:
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Signature: ______________________________________________
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Date:
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I hereby grant permission to the EFF to share my name with
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other nonprofit groups from time to time as it deems
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appropriate. Initials:______________________
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