rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell) (05/07/91)
John Gilmore: Denise Caruso wrote a great piece for her "Inside Technology" column of the Sunday, 5 May 1991, SF Examiner, on page E-14. It concerns the attempts to outlaw encryption and why that is a bad idea. She claims that there is a second bill that has had anti-encryption stuff quietly slipped into it last week by the FBI: S.618, "The Violent Crime Control Act of 1991". Maybe this is the begining of an attempt to legislate cyberpunks into existence? We've already got a number of laws and legal precidents on the books which basically legalize "criminals" (both in the government and out). And you thought this wasn't a free country. :-) :-/ :-) Raul Rockwell
cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) (05/07/91)
So what is anyone going to do about S.618? Send email? To whom? Bob Jacobson --
woodsd@infonode.ingr.com (Scott D. Wood) (05/07/91)
cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) writes: >So what is anyone going to do about S.618? Send email? To whom? >Bob Jacobson >-- Yes...good question, hmmm - if you belong to Compu$erve you could send a CongressGram(TM). You write it on-line and send it as email and it pops out of a printer and gets *really* mailed (at a slight value-added cost, I'm sure). Seriously though, letters would help -- and an email address would be great. Anyone got an address for the Hill? Do they use computers up there? Are politico's *that* with-it? -Scott Wood
zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) (05/08/91)
In article <1991May7.141648.7055@infonode.ingr.com> woodsd@infonode.ingr.com (Scott D. Wood) writes: >cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) writes: >>So what is anyone going to do about S.618? Send email? To whom? >>Bob Jacobson >>-- > >Yes...good question, hmmm - if you belong to Compu$erve you could send a >CongressGram(TM). You write it on-line and send it as email and it pops out >of a printer and gets *really* mailed (at a slight value-added cost, I'm sure). >Seriously though, letters would help -- and an email address would be great. > >Anyone got an address for the Hill? Do they use computers up there? Are >politico's *that* with-it? > >-Scott Wood Did you actually think they were intelligent? On the freenet they say you should write them and maybe they will do it. (Cleveland freenet) Not so. . .I have written Paul Simon a few times and he just replies with a form letter. -- The Ravings of the Insane Maniac Sameer Parekh -- zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM
otto@fsu1.cc.fsu.edu (John Otto) (05/08/91)
In article <1991May7.141648.7055@infonode.ingr.com>, woodsd@infonode.ingr.com (Scott D. Wood) writes... >cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) writes: >>So what is anyone going to do about S.618? Send email? To whom? >>Bob Jacobson >>-- > >Yes...good question, hmmm - if you belong to Compu$erve you could send a >CongressGram(TM). You write it on-line and send it as email and it pops out >of a printer and gets *really* mailed (at a slight value-added cost, I'm sure). >Seriously though, letters would help -- and an email address would be great. > >Anyone got an address for the Hill? Do they use computers up there? Are >politico's *that* with-it? > >-Scott Wood It just so happens that an address (domain, at least) crossed my screen today. House Information Systems (HOUSE-DOM) House Annex II 2nd and D Streets SW Washington, DC 20515 Domain Name: HOUSE.GOV John G. Otto jgo@fsu.bitnet jgo@rai.cc.fsu.edu
brendan@cs.widener.edu (Brendan Kehoe) (05/08/91)
In <1991May7.221009.2545@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>, otto@fsu1.cc.fsu.edu writes: > It just so happens that an address (domain, at least) crossed my screen >today. House Information Systems (HOUSE-DOM) > House Annex II > 2nd and D Streets SW > Washington, DC 20515 Domain Name: HOUSE.GOV Perhaps this is related to visit scheduling, etc? It appparently goes thru uunet for its email, btw. Followups to comp.org.eff.talk. This is a really nasty case of cross-posting. -- Brendan Kehoe - Widener Sun Network Manager - brendan@cs.widener.edu Widener University in Chester, PA A Bloody Sun-Dec War Zone "Does this person look relaxed to you? Well, it's actually an experiment of Contour's new 565-E chair!"