Working Group on Privacy and Civil Rights
Endorsements
On October 18, 2001, our group endorsed the American Civil Liberties Union letter
concerning Sneak and Peek Search Warrants on Anti-Terrorism Legislation.
See some Clinton Favors Computer Snooping
in Wired News by Declan McCullagh and the
related Politech post Letter asks Congress to nix "secret searches" from USA Act
for more information.
Tasks
On October 29, 2001, citizenq began the task of
creating a a red-line version of the "USA" bill and reduce it down to real language so that
the changes can be seen and assessed. Anyone interested in assisting with that task please
e-mail him at the address above.
April 24, 2002: We need specific information about privacy/cryptography software like CryptoHeaven, PGP, Hushmail and alike. Software like CryptoHeaven ensures great privacy for communications online like electronic mail, instant messaging, and file sharing. PGP is an established email based encryption and Hushmail web based email encryption.
Upcoming Meetings
Due to the rapid developments of legislation against cryptography and the
use of encryption, planning meetings need to be scheduled on short notice
to accomplish as much as possible in very little time. If you have a group
of like-minded people who would like one of us to come to your meeting in the
Baltimore/DC area, or a meeting to announce in another area of the country,
please e-mail the details to us to add it
to this list.
As discussed at the last meeting, the next Baltimore meeting of the
Americans for the Preservation of Information Security (formerly WGPCR)
group will be held Tuesday, September 25, 2001 at 18:30 in 2600 North
Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21218.
For directions, e-mail rob@vees.net or call 443-540-1957. All are
welcome, dress is casual, please bring your own refreshments.
Agenda for this meeting will be a review of available resources, working
on a plan for "sneaker politics" in the D.C. area, and creating a
preliminary action-item list for the next two weeks.
The next D.C.-area meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at a
venue nearby to Metro Center. Details will be posted to this list as
they become available.
