Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 15:17:21 EST Errors-To: Comp-privacy Error Handler From: Computer Privacy Digest Moderator To: Comp-privacy@PICA.ARMY.MIL Subject: Computer Privacy Digest V2#035 Computer Privacy Digest Sat, 24 Apr 93 Volume 2 : Issue: 035 Today's Topics: Moderator: Dennis G. Rears Computer Privacy Digest news comp.society.privacy Charter Computer Privacy Digest/comp.society.privacy Policy The Computer Privacy Digest is a forum for discussion on the effect of technology on privacy. The digest is moderated and gatewayed into the USENET newsgroup comp.society.privacy (Moderated). Submissions should be sent to comp-privacy@pica.army.mil and administrative requests to comp-privacy-request@pica.army.mil. Back issues are available via anonymous ftp on ftp.pica.army.mil [129.139.160.133]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 15:12:56 EDT From: Computer Privacy List Moderator Subject: Computer Privacy Digest news Good afternoon. Recently I have made some changes in the moderation. The first change is I am rejecting more articles than I use to. I am trying to focus more on our charter. I have let some threads drag on way past their useful life. The second change is I am now notifying people that I am rejecting their article. I challenge the readership to post meaningful articles. I am surprised that up until this digest no one has brought up the clipper chip. It is subjects like that for which this forum was set up. Recently I asked the readership on how I should deal with long articles. I got about 50 responses. There was no clear consensus. I have decided on the following policy: Articles between 10 - 50Kbytes will be split into chunks not longer than 20K and be placed in separate digests. Articles longer than 50K will be announced and be made available via FTP. For people without ftp access I will mail copies upon request. Dennis G. Rears Moderator, The Computer Privacy Digest ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 15:13:49 EDT From: Computer Privacy List Moderator Subject: comp.society.privacy Charter 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. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 15:16:50 EDT From: Computer Privacy List Moderator Subject: Computer Privacy Digest/comp.society.privacy Policy Policy on Posting to the Computer Privacy Digest. Revision History: Revision 1.0 27 May 1992 Revision 1.1 24 April 1993 Introduction: The Computer Privacy Digest is an electronic digest dedicated to the discussion of how technology affects privacy. The digest is burst into separate articles and fed into the USENET newsgroup comp.society.privacy. The newsgroup and digest are different forms of the same forum. Discussions should be centered around the following topics: o Technology - What devices are out there now and are on the drawing boards that will enhance or take away privacy from individuals and entities. o Ramifications - What are the ramifications are current and new technology. o Public Policy - What should public policy be in regulating, not regulating, and/or using the technology. Privacy includes the right of the individual/entitity to privacy against other individuals, entities, businesses, and the various forms of government. o Education - This kind of goes with ramification. One of the functions of this forum should be to educate people on how current technology affect their privacy. This can range from corporate data bases to credit card usage. 1. Submissions: a. All submissions should be emailed to comp-privacy@pica.army.mil or posted to the comp.society.privacy newsgroup. Only submissions that are relavant to the charter of the forum will be published. Please keep text to under 76 characters per line. Personal attacks, excess flamage, or libelous postings will not be published. b. Submissions should not be sent to comp-privacy-request@pica.army.mil. This address is for drop/add requests, administrative changes, and confidential requests to the moderator. Those submissions sent to that address will only be published is explicit permission is granted to publish by the poster. c. Anonymous submissions are generally no accepted. Under certain conditions an exception will be made at the Moderator's discretion. 2. Copyright Issues a. It is assumed that the copyright on material submitted to the CPD will remain with the author. In the case where the author is the submitter, it is assumed that the author explicitely grants (by the act of submitting the material) permission for the material to be published in the CPD, to be posted to the USENET group comp.society.privacy, and to any archiving of either medium. b. When the submitter is not the owner of the copyright, only those submissions which carry a notice from the submitter that the permission of the copyright holder has been obtained will be accepted. This does not apply to limited inclusions of copyrighted material that meet the fair use criteria. 3. Signal to Noise Ratio: It is my desire to keep a high signal to noise ratio. As a result a particular posting may not be published or a subject thread might be terminated when postings start to fail to shed new insight into the subject. I welcome submissions on new topics and encourage them. The quality of the digest is up the readers and posters. 4. Long Articles Articles between 10 - 50Kbytes will be split into chunks not longer than 20K and be placed in separate digests. Articles longer than 50K will be announced and be made available via FTP. For people without ftp access I will mail copies upon request. 5. Computer Privacy Digest Archives Back Issues of the Computer Privacy Digest well as back issues of the old Telecom Privacy digest are available via anonymous ftp from ftp.pica.army.mil [129.139.160.133]. Ftp in as username=anonymous and password=your_email_address. Cd into the pub/privacy directory. The following files/directories are located there: READ_ME CPD Directory containing issues of the CPD telecom-priv Directory containing things relating to Dennis G. Rears Moderator, The Computer Privacy Digest ------------------------------ End of Computer Privacy Digest V2 #035 ******************************