Several universities are taking steps to limit student and faculty access to the Internet. Carnegie-Mellon U. is limiting access to a number of newsgroups--and has said that students who attempt to circumvent the restrictions by using gopher and such, will be disciplined. McGill U., in Canada, is revising its code of behavior to allow random searches of student files, limits on access, etc. These moves are being widely discussed elsewhere, so I won't here. My point here is to note a major new set of opportunities to publicize the use of PGP and remailers. Students at these afflicted universities can be given help in circumventing the new rules. Here's an example (not posted by me): From: nobody (Anonymous) Newsgroups: can.general,can.legal,alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,comp.org.eff.talk,alt.privacy,alt.activism,alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.society.civil-liberty Subject: McGill students plan anonymous email gateway to protect privacy Date: 21 Nov 1994 10:17:50 -0600 Organization: J. P. and Associates Sender: remailer@jpunix.com Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3aqh7e$lem@jpunix.com> McGill students seem resigned to the fact that the administration will soon take away their electronic privacy by unilaterally changing the student code. Some are now advocating the widespread use of PGP and anonymous remailers. A Web page will be created to allow non-experts easy form-based access. ... oh yeah, I bet in January we'll hear that PGP and anonymous email are prohibited on McGill computers. ;-( --