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From: Sherwood Soley <GETJYBB@IUP.BITNET>
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For those of you who already have this, I apologize, but I think it's
pretty important. Please read!

>Sorry to waste bandwidth here, but everyone should here about
>this.  No replies or followups to this message.  Just read it
>and do what you feel is best.
>
>
>Hello,
>
>This message is about Clipper, a proposal which would allow the government
>to peek at our ***PRIVATE*** email. Please read it, and if you are as
>opposed to Clipper as I am, please sign the electronic petition and help
>stop this thing.
>
>please forward this to everyone you know...  this is important!
>
>For those of you who don't know, Clipper is a proposal circulating in the
>government right now whereby the government will require that all methods of
>encrypting data (including e-mail) have a 'backdoor' of sorts so that the
>government will be able to decrypt and read the data.  As you may have
>guessed, this is an infringement on your right to privacy.
>
>Below are details on a petition against Clipper, and how to sign your name
>to it.  Please read.
>
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>                Electronic Petition to Oppose Clipper
>>                      Please Distribute Widely
>>
>>On January 24, many of the nation's leading experts in cryptography
>>and computer security wrote President Clinton and asked him to
>>withdraw the Clipper proposal.
>>
>>The public response to the letter has been extremely favorable,
>>including coverage in the New York Times and numerous computer and
>>security trade magazines.
>>
>>Many people have expressed interest in adding their names to the
>>letter.  In  response to these requests, CPSR is organizing an
>>Internet petition drive to oppose the Clipper proposal.  We will
>>deliver the signed petition to the White House, complete with the
>>names of all the people who oppose Clipper.
>>
>>To sign on to the letter, send a message to:
>>
>>     Clipper.petition@cpsr.org
>>
>>with the message "I oppose Clipper" (no quotes)
>>
>>You will receive a return message confirming your vote.
>>
>>Please distribute this announcement so that others may also express
>>their opposition to the Clipper proposal.
>>
>>CPSR is a membership-based public interest organization.  For
>>membership information, please email cpsr@cpsr.org.  For more
>>information about Clipper, please consult the CPSR Internet Library -
>>FTP/WAIS/Gopher CPSR.ORG /cpsr/privacy/crypto/clipper
>>
>>
>>
>>=====================================================================
>>
>>The President
>>The White House
>>Washington, DC  20500
>>
>>Dear Mr. President:
>>
>>     We are writing to you regarding the "Clipper" escrowed encryption
>>proposal now under consideration by the White House.  We wish to
>>express our concern about this plan and similar technical standards
>>that may be proposed for the nation's communications infrastructure.
>>
>>     The current proposal was developed in secret by federal agencies
>>primarily concerned about electronic surveillance, not privacy
>>protection.  Critical aspects of the plan remain classified and thus
>>beyond public review.
>>
>>     The private sector and the public have expressed nearly unanimous
>>opposition to Clipper.  In the formal request for comments conducted
>>by the Department of Commerce last year, less than a handful of
>>respondents supported the plan.  Several hundred opposed it.
>>
>>     If the plan goes forward, commercial firms that hope to develop
>>new products will face extensive government obstacles. Cryptographers
>>who wish to develop new privacy enhancing technologies will be
>>discouraged.  Citizens who anticipate that the progress of technology
>>will enhance personal privacy will find their expectations
>>unfulfilled.
>>
>>     Some have proposed that Clipper be adopted on a voluntary basis
>>and suggest that other technical approaches will remain viable.  The
>>government, however, exerts enormous influence in the marketplace, and
>>the likelihood that competing standards would survive is small.  Few
>>in the user community believe that the proposal would be truly
>>voluntary.
>>
>>     The Clipper proposal should not be adopted.  We believe that if
>>this proposal and the associated standards go forward, even on a
>>voluntary basis, privacy protection will be diminished, innovation
>>will be slowed, government accountability will be lessened, and the
>>openness necessary to ensure the successful development of the
>>nation's communications infrastructure will be threatened.
>>
>>     We respectfully ask the White House to withdraw the Clipper
>>proposal.
>[end forwarded message]
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