uuh... I'm sitting here in shock right now,not knowing if this is yet another round of propganda, or another scheme set up by the NSA and other branches of our government's "protectful" branches <smirk> to keep an eye on "terrorist activities" in the homes of our American citizens. I just finished reading "1984" to get me in the mood for a paper I am working on concerning computer surveillance...and now I receive this post regarding the use of TV technology being used to create the infamous Orwellian "Telescreen" which can hear and see our every move. Does anyone on this list have any further information about this? Perhaps (and I am crossing my fingers here) this was a post- April Fool's Day gag.. trouble is- it seems just feasible enough to make me worry. MM- one more thing. Did anyone see the Los Angelas time pieceby Michael Scrage from MIT entitled "Why Clipper's Unlikely to Chip Away Privacy?" (14 April 94). I can re-post if necessary. A couple of quotes from it at least: "Now, unless the government makes such private encryption illegal (such as PGP), Clipper is going to foment (sic) entrepreneurial digital cryptographers feeding off the paranoid fantasies of individuals and institutions that fear their communications might be compromised by Big Brother". and: "As long as there is a thriving market in commercial cryptography, CLipper is unlikely to be a threat to our privacy or our criminals." Comments Anyone? -- Julie ______________________________________________________________________________ Julie M. Albright Ph.D Student Department of Sociology University of Southern California albright@usc.edu