PGP can only be obtained from EFF via ftp currently. Gopher and WWW access to the material itself is not supported at this time.

Only the DOS and Unix versions of PGP 2.5 have been released so far. The Unix version is in source code form, and so can be readily ported to VMS, NeXT and many other operating systems. A Macintosh version has yet to be released.

If you would like to see US export restrictions on cryptography removed, please send a message supporting Rep. Cantwell's export reform act (bill HR3627) by clicking here or email to cantwell@eff.org, ask your Representatives to co-sponsor this bill, and ask your Senators to co-sponsor Sen. Murray's companion bill (S1846) in the US Senate. Congress contact information is available from here or by pointing to ftp.eff.org/pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/govt_contact.list

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Subject: EFF Urges Support for Brock Meeks Defense Fund

As we enter a world in which users of the networks increasingly are able to act as producers of information as well as consumers, it is vital that we stand united against those who would use litigation to chill the full expression of individual First Amendment rights. Please read the Meeks Defense Fund alert below and contribute a dollar (or more) to the vindication of freedom of speech on the Net.

Mike Godwin
EFF Online Counsel

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Subject: ALERT: KEEP FREE AND OPEN SPEECH ON NET
Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 13:38:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Meeks Defense Fund fund@idi.net

Dear Net Citizen:

How do you put a price on free and open dialogue on the Net?

How much are you willing to spend to preserve the concept of roboust and open debate that have become a part of the Internet's culture? $100? $50? $20?

What if the cost of helping to preserve an open and robust Net was no more than $1.29? That's right, less than the cost of a fast food hamburger. Freedom on the Internet for only $1.29... cheap at twice the price.

A joke? Hardly. The free and open speech, indeed the First Amendment rights of the Internet -- rights we've all enjoyed for decades -- are now being challenged in court.

CyberWire Dispatch, the well-respected online newswire written and developed for the Internet community by journalist Brock Meeks, is the subject of a libel suit. CyberWire Dispatch has been at the forefront of bringing the Net community timely and insightful articles.

This suit was highlighted in a Wall St. Journal article (April 22, page B1). The subject of a Dispatch investigation is suing Meeks for simply doing what journalists in the traditional print medium have done since the founding of newspapers: Print the facts and let the public decide the outcome.

Brock and the Cyperwire Dispatch are examples of the "bottom up" journalism that charachterizes the Net, where anyone with a modem can compete with the traditional press. Of course, most of us don't come to the Net with a lawyer in tow, or the resources to defend a legal action taken against us in courts located hundreds of miles from our homes.

This libel action is one of the earliest cases of libel involving alleged defamatory statements published over a computer network. It raises the extremely important legal and policy issues. It's impact may well determine how and to what extent anyone feels free to express strong opinions on the Net, wihtout being put at risk of legal action.

It is crucial that Brock have a strong defense and that the principles that come out of this case provide the maximum protection to the exercise of free and open speech as possible.

CyberWire Dispatch is unique because it's distributed solely in electronic form. A service for the Net community at large. And all CyberWire Dispatch articles are free. Meeks neither charges anyone for receiving them; he gets paid nothing to write them.

For all these efforts, he's being sued. And being sued by a company with a large financial backing. Meeks, on the other hand, has no such resources. His attorney, Bruce Sanford of Baker & Hostetler is arguably the finest First Amendment lawyer in the U.S.

And although he has agreed to represent Meeks at a reduced rate, the cost of defending against this unmerited suit will not be cheap.

We have formed this committee to lend our support in helping him raise money for his legal defense. And all we're asking you to send is $1.29. That's it. Why that price? The math is easy: $1 in an envelope with a 29 cent stamp applied.

Who can't afford $1.29 to help save the great freedoms we all enjoy here today?

Can you send more? Of course. Any contributions will be welcomed and accepted. Tax deductible donations also are possible by following the instructions below.

All money sent for Meeks' legal defense fund will be go to that purpose. All the administrative services for administering the fund are being donated; 100% of your money goes to defer the legal costs of this case.

You are encouraged to repost this message. But please, we urge you to keep proper Net protocol in mind when reposting or cross posting this message.

Thanks for your time. On behalf of Brock and for future generations of electronic journalists, we appreciate your contributions and support.

Sincerely,

Samuel A. Simon
President, Issue Dynmics, Inc. *
ssimon@idi.net

Mitch Kapor
Chair, Electronic Frontier Foundation *
kapor@eff.org

David Farber
The Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunications Systems
University of Pennsylvania *
farber@central.cis.upenn.edu

Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Senior Writer
TIME Magazine *
ped@panix.com

Marc Rotenberg
Electronic Infomation Privacy Center *
epic@cpsr.org

Nicholas Johnson
Former FCC Commissoner *
103-5393@mcimail.com

Jerry Berman
Electronic Frontier Foundation*
jbeman@eff.org

Mike Godwin
Electronic Frontier Foundation*
mnemonic@eff.org

*AFFILIATION IS FOR INDENTIFICATION PURPOSE ONLY

For Tax Deductible Donations:

Make Checks out to "Point Foundation" and clearly annotate on the check: "For Legal Defense Fund."

Send those checks to:

Meeks Defense Fund
c/o Point Foundation
27 Gate Five Road
Sausalito, CA 94965

For those who don't care about the tax deductible status, send contributions to:

Meeks Defense Fund
c/o IDI
901 15th St. NW
Suite 230
Washington, DC 20005
Meeks Defense Fund Internet email: fund@idi.net
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c/o IDI
901 15th St. NW
Suite 230
Washington, DC 20005

or

c/o Point Foundation
27 Gate Five Road
Sausalito, CA 9465

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Subject: IITF Privacy Working Group Request for Comments on Principles

[...]this is indeed time sensitive, and we want people to have ample opportunity to review it and react. Please disseminate it however you think appropriate.

I hope it is not too confusing to publicize this document after publicizing NTIA's Notice of Inquiry; people may wonder why there are two separate bodies in government examining privacy issues. Some background explanation for you: the Privacy Working Group (part of the interagency NII task force) is trying to develop a broad framework for dealing with privacy issues that span all sectors of the economy, while NTIA (the Executive branch agency specifically responsible for developing positions on telecommunications policy) is examining privacy issues affecting the telecommunications and media industries. [...]

(I am involved in both efforts, as I am NTIA's representative to the interagency Privacy Working Group. As such, I obviously am trying to make sure both efforts are in sync with one another.)

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Carol Mattey

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The following file is posted at the request of the Information Infrastructure Task Force's Privacy Working Group, chaired by Robert Veeder, Office of Management and Budget

 Request for Comments on the draft Principles for Providing and Using Personal Information and their Commentary.

The draft Principles for Providing and Using Personal Information and the associated Commentary are the first work product of the Information Infrastructure Task Force's Working Group on Privacy. They are intended to update the Code of Fair Information Practices that was developed in the early 1970s. While many of the Code's principles are still valid, the Code itself was developed in an era when paper records were the norm.

The advent of the National Information Infrastructure has caused two things to change dramatically. No longer is information usage bound by the limitations of paper -- the seamless web of networks linking us to each other is creating an interactive environment in which all of the participants must share certain responsibilities. Moreover, non-governmental usage rivals the government's, and is largely unregulated.

The following Principles were developed with the goal of providing guidance to all participants in this new interactive world. The Working Group recognizes that the Principles cannot apply uniformly to all sectors. They must be carefully adapted to specific circumstances. Nevertheless, the developers believe that the responsibilities and relationships the Principles describe are basic ones. As such, they are intended to assist legislators, regulators, and companies as they develop codes of practice.

The Working Group invites public comment on the Principles and Commentary. We are especially interested in understanding how the Principles would work in this new interactive electronic environment and particularly in non- governmental settings. Are they workable? How, if at all, should they be changed? We hope that those who obtain the Principles for review and comment will also share them as widely as possible with others who might be interested in them.

The Comment period will close on June 13, 1994. Comments should be sent to the Working Group on Privacy c/o the NII Secretariat, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, US Department of Commerce, Room 4892, Washington, D.C. 20230. The Principles and Commentary can be downloaded from the IITF Gopher/Bulletin Board System: 202-501- 1920. The IITF Gopher/Bulletin Board can be accessed through the Internet by pointing your Gopher Client to iitf.doc.gov or by telnet to iitf.doc.gov and login as gopher. Electronic comments may be sent here or to nii@ntia.doc.gov.

DRAFT: April 21, 1994

Principles for Providing and Using Personal Information

Preamble

The United States is committed to building a National Information Infrastructure (NII) to meet the information needs of its citizens. This infrastructure, essentially created by advances in technology, is expanding the level of interactivity, enhancing communication, and allowing easier access to services. As a result, many more users are discovering new, previously unimagined uses for personal information. In this environment, we are challenged to develop new principles to guide participants in the NII in the fair use of personal information.

Traditional fair information practices, developed in the age of paper records, must be adapted to this new environment where information and communications are sent and received over networks on which users have very different capabilities, objectives and perspectives. Specifically, new principles must acknowledge that all members of our society (government, industry, and individual citizens), share responsibility for ensuring the fair treatment of individuals in the use of personal information, whether in paper or electronic form. Moreover, the principles should recognize that the interactive nature of the NII will empower individuals to participate in protecting information about themselves. The new principles should also make it clear that this is an active responsibility requiring openness about the process, a commitment to fairness and accountability, and continued attention to security. Finally, principles must recognize the need to educate all participants about the new information infrastructure and how it will affect their lives.

These "Principles for Providing and Using Personal Information" recognize the changing roles of government and industry in information collection and use. Thus they are intended to be equally applicable to public and private entities that collect and use personal information. However, these Principles are not intended to address all information uses and protection concerns for each segment of the economy or function of government. Rather, they should provide the framework from which specialized principles can be developed.

I. General Principles for the National Information

Infrastructure

A. Information Privacy Principle

1. Individuals are entitled to a reasonable expectation of information privacy.

B. Information Integrity Principles

Participants in the NII rely upon the integrity of the information it contains. It is therefore the responsibility of all participants to ensure that integrity. In particular, participants in the NII should, to the extent reasonable:

1. Ensure that information is secure, using whatever means are appropriate;

2. Ensure that information is accurate, timely, complete, and relevant for the purpose for which it is given.

II. Principle for Information Collectors (i.e. entities that collect personal information directly from the individual)

A. Collection Principle

Before individuals make a decision to provide personal information, they need to know how it is intended to be used, how it will be protected, and what will happen if they provide or withhold the information. Therefore, collectors of this information should:

1. Tell the individual why they are collecting the information, what they expect it will be used for, what steps they will take to protect its confidentiality and integrity, the consequences of providing or withholding information, and any rights of redress.

III. Principles for Information Users (i.e. Information Collectors and entities that obtain, process, send or store personal information)

A. Acquisition and Use Principles

Users of personal information must recognize and respect the stake individuals have in the use of personal information. Therefore, users of personal information should:

1. Assess the impact on personal privacy of current or planned activities before obtaining or using personal information;

2. Obtain and keep only information that could reasonably be expected to support current or planned activities and use the information only for those or compatible purposes;

3. Assure that personal information is as accurate, timely, complete and relevant as necessary for the intended use;

B. Protection Principle

Users of personal information must take reasonable steps to prevent the information they have from being disclosed or altered improperly. Such users should:

1. Use appropriate managerial and technical controls to protect the confidentiality and integrity of personal information.

C. Education Principle

The full effect of the NII on both data use and personal privacy is not readily apparent, and individuals may not recognize how their lives can be affected by networked information. Therefore, information users should:

1. Educate themselves, their employees, and the public about how personal information is obtained, sent, stored and protected, and how these activities affect others.

D. Fairness Principles

Because information is used to make decisions that affect individuals, those decisions should be fair. Information users should, as appropriate:

1. Provide individuals a reasonable means to obtain, review, and correct their own information;

2. Inform individuals about any final actions taken against them and provide individuals with means to redress harm resulting from improper use of personal information;

3. Allow individuals to limit the use of their personal information if the intended use is incompatible with the original purpose for which it was collected, unless that use is authorized by law.

IV. Principles for Individuals who Provide Personal Information

A. Awareness Principles

While information collectors have a responsibility to tell individuals why they want information about them, individuals also have a responsibility to understand the consequences of providing personal information to others. Therefore, individuals should obtain adequate, relevant information about:

1. Planned primary and secondary uses of the information;

2. Any efforts that will be made to protect the confidentiality and integrity of the information;

3. Consequences for the individual of providing or withholding information;

4. Any rights of redress the individual has if harmed by improper use of the information.

B. Redress Principles

Individuals should be protected from harm resulting from inaccurate or improperly used personal information. Therefore, individuals should, as appropriate:

1. Be given means to obtain their information and be provided opportunity to correct inaccurate information that could harm them;

2. Be informed of any final actions taken against them and what information was used as a basis for the decision;

3. Have a means of redress if harmed by an improper use of their personal information.

A document of IITF commentary on and detailed description of these principles is available at:

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Subject: EFF's Kapor Announces New Cyberspace TV Show

New Cyberspace TV Program

I am developing a new program on cyberspace in conjunction with WGBH-TV, PBS' Boston affiliate. The show is intended to be a window onto the world of computer networks for the television viewer, whose point of view is that the world of on-line communications is interesting because of what people do there, not because of the digital plumbing which enables it. We will be focusing on the human aspects of networking and the individual and social aspects of being on-line. Cyberspace will be portrayed as a not-so-really strange territory after all, where all of us will increasingly come to live and work. My role is to guide people through this new territory, introducing the audience to its native culture, its scenic attraction, and its sights and sounds.

We assume our audience is motivated by curiosity to learn more about what goes on in cyberspace, but we do not assume they are knowledgeable or, in general experienced with it. On the other hand, we will not trivialize the subject matter by reducing it to a least common denominator.

We will give the show a look and feel which is approachable and down-to-earth. Interview guests and roundtable participants will be drawn from the net community itself. There will be plenty of demos of cool net stuff from Mosaic, CU See Me, and other cutting-edge applications and services.

We are taping two test shows in mid-June which will be shown in Boston and other cities and hope to have some sort of national distribution (to be determined) in the fall for a regularly scheduled program. We are also going to create a WWW server for the show, the segments of which will be downloadable. The server will be have on it additional material which won't fit into the show format.

An Invitation:

We would like to include some video clips of net citizens expressing their greatest hope and worst fear about the future of the net which we will edit into an on-air piece for our regular feedback session.

It's important to me to have the voices heard (and faces seen) of people already on the net. This is an opportunity for those of us who enjoy appreciate the decentralized and democratic character to express that sentiment to a mass audience. I hope you'll take advantage of the opportunity.

Guidelines: