Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 15:17:21 EST
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From: Computer Privacy Digest Moderator <comp-privacy@PICA.ARMY.MIL>
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].
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 15:12:56 EDT
From: Computer Privacy List Moderator <comp-privacy@pica.army.mil>
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
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 15:13:49 EDT
From: Computer Privacy List Moderator <comp-privacy@pica.army.mil>
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.
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 15:16:50 EDT
From: Computer Privacy List Moderator <comp-privacy@pica.army.mil>
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
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