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From: Dennis G Rears (FSS) <drears>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:17
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:17
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In article <1992Nov19.013914.9590@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> linnoise@bigboy (LineNoise) writes: >Given the number of messages here concerning the moral, political, and >ethical issues concerning cryptography there is a clear need for a >another news group dedicated to it. > >It is difficult to wade through all the politics to find discussions >dealing with coding, methods, and etc. > >There are many groups out there that do not seem as active as the >sub topic of ethics/politics of cryptography. I apologize for posting >this here -- I didn't know where else to direct this message. There is a newsgroup called comp.society.privacy, that deals with the effect of technology on privacy. The recent discussion on registering of keys would have been appropriate for that newsgroups. I am the moderator of it. I am enclosing a little info on the group. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am the moderator of the Computer Privacy Digest. The computer Privacy Digest is an Internet mailing list that is dedicated to the discussion of how technology impacts privacy. This list is gatewayed into the moderated USENET newsgroup comp.society.privacy. In lot of ways it is a subsection on the risks digest but it concentrates on the risks of technology on privacy. The charter is: comp.society.privacy Effects of technology on privacy (Moderated) This newsgroup is to provide a forum for discussion on the effect of technology on privacy. All too often technology is way ahead of the law and society as it presents us with new devices and applications. Technology can enhance and detract from privacy. This newsgroup will be gatewayed to an internet mailing list. Submissions go to: comp-privacy@pica.army.mil and administrative requests go to comp-privacy-request@pica.army.mil. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dennis G. Rears Moderator: Computer Privacy Digest comp.society.privacy MILNET: drears@pica.army.mil UUCP: ...!uunet!cor5.pica.army.mil!drears Phone(home): 201.927.8757 USPS: Box 210, Wharton, NJ 07885 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!lhc!adm!claudius!drears From: drears@pica.army.mil (Dennis G Rears (FSS) <drears>) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: why isn't there a sci.crypt.politics? Message-ID: <1992Nov20.161743.14351@pica.army.mil> Date: 20 Nov 92 16:17:43 GMT References: <1992Nov19.013914.9590@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> Sender: news@pica.army.mil (USENET Special Account <usenet>) Organization: U.S. Army Armament Research Development & Engineering Center, Dover NJ Lines: 45 Nntp-Posting-Host: fsac5