---------- Forwarded message ---------- -- 4 March 2000 White House Report Says Anonymity is a Problem According to a forthcoming White House report, the Working Group on Unlawful Conduct on the Internet, created by President Clinton last August, wants law enforcement groups to have greater authority to trace Internet users' identities, and believes Internet service providers (ISPs) should be encouraged to keep track of their customers' on-line activity. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34659,00.html http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34720,00.html Editor's Note (Cowan): Most of the evils of anonymity would be eased if strong authentication were pervasive. The problems are caused by forged identity. When Internet users are accustomed to seeing digitally signed traffic most of the time, then they will be able to accord truly anonymous traffic the credibility that it deserves, and people who truly need anonymity for whistle-blowing purposes could have it. -- 3 March 2000 Clinton Asks for Government Internet Security Review President Clinton has ordered Cabinet secretaries and agency heads to take steps to tighten Internet security; his chief of staff will coordinate the review and prepare a report by April 1. http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cth501.htm http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34733,00.html http://www.currents.net/newstoday/00/03/06/news8.html -- 29 February 2000 NSA Says Privacy is Not Being Violated The National Security Agency (NSA) sent letters to every member of Congress, assuring them that the Agency is respecting US citizens' privacy. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0228/web-nsa-02-29-00.asp Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------
