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Lieberman/Clinton
by Jeff Schult 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> >Well, this isn't entirely true. Some of the loudest voices in >banning/regulating crypto come from the left:Senator Lieberman, >Senator Feinstein,Rep. Dellums, the Clinton Administration in >general, etc. The fear of 'bomb making information' and 'terrorist <snip> Lieberman is hardly considered "of the left" in his home state -- he squeaked out a win over former Sen. Lowell Weicker by staking out positions considered to the right of Weicker and has stayed over that way. There have been recent articles in the Connecticut media speculating that Lieberman could become a Republican. Though that won't happen, GOP leaders were effusive about how welcome the senator would be ... As to the Clinton administration, if you can pin it down from minute to minute on the political spectrum, you're a lot faster with pins than I ... Jeff Schult Marketing Director, JavaNet http://www.javanet.com Internet culture and technology writer, New Haven (CT) Advocate

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Fidelity Fires Nine Employees For Violating Company Policy
by ichudov＠Algebra.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Fidelity Fires Nine Employees For Violating Company Policy By JAMES S. HIRSCH Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Fidelity Investments has fired nine employees and disciplined 16 others for violating various company policies, including participating in on-site betting pools for football and basketball games. Fidelity, the nation's largest mutual-fund firm, said the employees also misused company e-mail and spent "excessive" amounts of time using the Internet for nonwork activities. The discoveries by Fidelity sent alarms through the Boston company, which has about $600 billion in assets under management and has relied on a reputation for integrity to attract and retain customers. On Tuesday, David Weinstein, Fidelity's senior vice president of administration, sent electronic memos to all employees that said the company wouldn't condone the use of company e-mail for sports pools, and reiterated many company policies, including prohibition of employees from gambling on company time. "I trust a word to the wise is sufficient," Mr. Weinstein wrote. Fidelity spokeswoman Anne Crowley said the company took action three weeks ago, and the employees who were either fired or disciplined didn't include any mutual-fund managers. She declined to identify the employee positions or their business units, but said the affected employees worked in more than one city. She said that no customer accounts or funds were involved. Fidelity has 24,300 employees. Like many companies, Fidelity regularly monitors employees' use of e-mail and Internet and Intranet services, and Fidelity notifies employees that they will be monitored. Ms. Crowley declined to describe how Fidelity learned about the sports betting pools or to specify how much money was involved. Employees also bet on baseball and golf games, she said, and the betting pools occurred over a number of months. "Small bets were typically found," Ms. Crowley said. She also declined to comment on what nonwork activities the employees were engaged in. But several insiders said the infractions had to have been very serious to merit dismissals instead of warnings. Ms. Crowley said the 16 employees who were disciplined didn't have to pay any fines, but said "corrective actions" could involve verbal or written warnings, suspensions or probations. --Karen Hube contributed to this article.

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Re: Cypherpunks, PGP Buyout, and Writing Code...
by mj＠creative.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Perhaps the buy-out of PGP is a good thing. Consider that now there is a >clear and present motive for Cypherpunks to start writing the next wave of >world-class crypto...it really is the *only* shure way that the process >doesn't get subverted...we're no longer able to rely on a single commen >source of crypto tools. > Seems like a crypto module for Linux would be a good start, if there's not one already. As part of Linux, the source would stay public domain, so you could trust it. It also seems security built into the OS would be the hardest to circumvent. And finally, since Linux is free, there's no obstacle besides convenience for people on other platforms to acquire it (and it runs on several types of hardware). Thus, the crypto module could also help Linux, which is also good for keeping people in control of their computers. I'm getting to where I don't trust any program I can't see the source code of.

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Re: Censorial leftists (Was: Interesting article)
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>The cited examples were of restaurants and other businesses in town which >had rules against employees wearing nose rings, tongue studs, spiky hair, >mohawks, lip piercings, tatoos, scarification, and such things. And >"weight discrimination," as in the also-famous case of a Santa Cruz health >food store turning down the employment application of a "person of >poundage." (The grossly obese Toni Cassista, who sued the health food store >citing weight discrimination...I believe she eventually settled out of >court.) Tim, that's only because the city didn't want to remove the ceiling of the courtroom and hire a crane to lower her into the courtroom through the roof. And they were busy trying to file charges against her for something else entirely. See, she had chemicals within her body in a "quantity not warranted by any legitimate purpose" and "which, when mixed, could be used to produce nerve gas." They figured if she ever ate some beans those beans might act as an ignition charge and...well, no more Santa Cruz. It could have been worse (for her) though. They could have charged her with "possession of a gas discharge device with intent to break wind."

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McAfee on KRAP
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Old press release from McAfee boasting Key Recovery Alliance membership: MCAFEE JOINS KEY RECOVERY ALLIANCE; MULTI-VENDOR GROUP TO CREATE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR RECOVERY OF ENCRYPTION KEYS Key Recovery Alliance to Develop Solutions Which Balance the Needs of End- Users, Employers, and International Governments SANTA CLARA, CALIF. (December 12, 1996) -- McAfee (Nasdaq: MCAF), a leading vendor of network security and management software, today announced that it has joined the Key Recovery Alliance, a coalition of encryption software vendors who have joined together to promote international specifications for encrypted information. "As a member of the Alliance, McAfee will work to create an internationally recognized and widely available standard for trusted key recovery," said Dan Freedman, vice president of security products at McAfee. "Trusted key recovery enables the responsible deployment of encryption technologies worldwide, while addressing the valid interests and security requirements of end-users, employers, and government." McAfee recently extended its family of network security products with the introduction of three new encryption solutions. These solutions include PCCrypto for encryption of desktop computer files and electronic mail; WebCrypto for the encryption of Internet email; and NetCrypto for transparent encryption of all communications over TCP/IP networks such as corporate intranets and the Internet. The Key Recovery Alliance was formed in October, and is composed of approximately 40 different network security vendors who have joined to cooperate on the development and promotion of internationally-accepted standards for encryption key recovery. Encryption keys are the codes that unlock encrypted information. Encryption key recovery refers to the necessary ability to recover lost or damaged encryption keys. Common situations in which encryption key recovery would be needed include when the death or departure of an employee who maintained mission-critical encrypted information causes the encryption key to be lost; when an encryption key becomes damaged due to a hard disk crash; or when a court order warrants the decryption of computer-based evidence. Company Background Founded in 1989, McAfee is a leading worldwide vendor of Network Security and Management products for enterprise networks. The Company is also a leader in Internet and Web-based electronic software distribution. McAfee is adquartered in Santa Clara, California and can be reached by phone at (408) 988-3832 or by fax at (408) 970-9727. McAfee's Web address is http://www.mcafee.com.

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Re: Need a "warning" graphic of some kind for CDA
by David K. Merriman 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 11:37 AM 02/4/96 -0600, Robert A. Hayden wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Now that we all have web pages that are naughty and might be seen by >little children, I'd like to hve some kind of a graphic that can >universally be seen as a "Warning: The following material is unsuitable >for children and close-minded twits". (or words to that effect). > >Anybody with much more graphic design ability than I wanna take a crack >at something that can be spread all over the net? It shoudl poke as much >fun as possible at the inaness of the CDA, while still being a legitimate >effort to warn people that the material is offensive (just in case people >start getting yanked off the street on CDA violations). > Hmmmmm. Maybe a doll with an international 'no' sign superimposed? Dave Merriman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMRQyXcVrTvyYOzAZAQHXhQP/dnOLwoE5iTf5sNBwPaBl/1+7tXftWIc2 KyxSqqEhgLOcBssTo56Yt7r5TMFVukbWDirNuJW4xFRqFJovw2fG2XdpxMUJlVHF McjIgXbddYWuyjZ+G04uiKcaoMRYFMFajOipIDkTYSNHBMkfDkxbLNrT3YMNpeCx nDyvzpX+tGM= =iqHi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------- "It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error." Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954), U.S. Judge <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> My web page: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1148

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Forwarded mail...
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 20:59:08 +0100 (MET) > From: nobody(a)REPLAY.COM (Anonymous) > Subject: Re: words have value, for good or ill > The speech I am talking about is the kind of things which Tim May has > been writing. To keep things simple, let's consider the statement > "McVeigh did the right thing." It is not a contract. It is not a > threat. It is not copyrighted. Actualy it is copyrighted the moment he hits the keystrokes and they appear in the buffer. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | We built your fort. We will not have it used against us. | | | | John Wayne - Allegheny Uprising | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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17 Dec '03

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Gay Youth Site Closed
by Eric Cordian 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The axe of censorship strikes again, this time against a gay-positive teen site. Moral alarmists screeched that depictions of kids embracing each other and kissing were "sexually suggestive." Can't have that, can we? The Seattle Times crows over the site's disappearance and praises efforts to prevent sex education from crossing over into "sex promotion." Woo Hoo! Alternative Kids Welcome to the Alternative Kids Web Page! This page is filled with links and information for kids who are searching out their sexual orientation. Do you feel that you might be bisexual, gay, or lesbian? This is the place for you. <http://www.cyberspace.org/~altkids/kids.html> Sounds like a mirroring opportunity. :) -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"

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