From: oldbear@jack-vance.mit.edu (Will Roberts)
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Subject: privacy petition (fwd)
To: OldBear@world.std.com, teamnet@world.std.com, rdshydur@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1994 22:54:03 -0500 (EST)
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> From boogles Wed Feb  2 18:18 EST 1994
> From: boogles (Brian K Zuzga)
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> Subject: privacy petition (fwd)
> To: vance-users
> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1994 18:18:23 -0500 (EST)
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> >From boogles@jack-vance.mit.edu  Wed Feb  2 18:16:04 1994
> From: boogles@jack-vance.mit.edu (Brian K Zuzga)
> Message-Id: <9402022315.AA20429@jack-vance.mit.edu>
> Subject: privacy petition (fwd)
> To: bexley@MIT.EDU
> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1994 18:15:17 -0500 (EST)
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> For all you out there that are interested in your civil liberties, the
> following may interest you.  I would be more than happy to explain
> this to anyone in detail, both the political and technical details.
> However, I think that could bore everyone else on the list, so send me
> private mail.
> 
> -boogles
> 
> 
> Forwarded message:
> > From mmstrong@MIT.EDU  Wed Feb  2 13:53:46 1994
> > From: mmstrong@MIT.EDU
> > Message-Id: <9402021851.AA17140@w20-575-101.MIT.EDU>
> > To: a-entry@MIT.EDU, ringcom@MIT.EDU, ro-committee@MIT.EDU,
> >         gt6049c@prism.gatech.edu, gt7188d@prism.gatech.edu,
> >         gt7543a@prism.gatech.edu, dgc3@gsbdom.uchicago.edu, amoosaj@emory.edu
> > Subject: privacy petition
> > Date: Wed, 02 Feb 94 13:51:58 EST
> > 
> > 
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> > Received: from ATHENA-AS-WELL.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA28974; Tue, 1 Feb 94 14:23:30 EST
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> > To: mseg@MIT.EDU, isp@MIT.EDU, isp-alumni@MIT.EDU
> > Subject: privacy petition
> > Date: Tue, 01 Feb 94 14:22:35 EST
> > From: Bob Hyers <rwhyers@MIT.EDU>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Sorry if you've already seen this.  This is a petition against the Clipper  
> > proposal.  If you aren't familiar with it, this proposal basically makes it  
> > impossible for anyone to legally develop and sell communciations/encryption  
> > technology that the NSA can't break at will.  This is nazi style government  
> > intervention at its worst.  Please read and add your name to the petition if  
> > you agree.  Like it says, redistribute widely.
> > 
> > < FORWARDED MESSAGE >
> > 
> > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 15:20:54 -0800
> > Originator: cpsr-announce@cpsr.org
> > Sender: Dave Banisar <banisar@washofc.cpsr.org>
> > Subject: Clipper Petition
> >   Clipper Petition
> > 
> > 
> >                 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 PresidentThe White HouseWashington, 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.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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