SENATE ENCRYPTION HEARING BEING "CYBERCAST" LIVE ON THE NET NOW! Wednesday June 26, 10:30am EDT | 7:30am PDT | 14:30 GMT HotWired WiredSide Chat http://www.hotwired.com/wiredside/ Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) is chairing a hearing regarding cryptography policy before the Senate Subcommittee on Science, Space and Technology. The hearing is being "cybercast" now on HotWired's WiredSide Chat. Netizens concerned about privacy and security on the Internet are participating in the hearing; they are submitting comments and questions, and discussing the hearing with others online. Witnesses that are testifying now include: * Phil Zimmermann, Inventor of PGP * Whit Diffie, Father of Public-Key Cryptography * Jerry Berman, Executive Director, Center for Democracy and Technology * Matt Blaze, Cryptographer * Phil Karn, Cryptographer * Barbara Simons, Chair of US Public Policy Committee, ACM * Marc Rotenberg, Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center HOW TO JOIN THE HEARING LIVE ONLINE Point your web browser at: http://www.hotwired.com/wiredside/ To listen to the hearing, you will need to have RealAudio properly installed on your computer in order to participate in this event. (You can download RealAudio software *FREE* by visiting [http://www.realaudio.com/].) In order to participate in the accompaning chat session (and to ask questions of the witnesses) you will need to be a member of HotWired. Membership is *FREE*! Visit http://www.hotwired.com/ for details. If you do not have RealAudio capability, you can still participate in the online discussion. Telnet to talk.com and log in with your HotWired member name and password. The hearing is being brought to you by HotWired, DIGEX, the Voters Telecommunications Watch, and the Center for Democracy and Technology. ----- Bob Palacios, Online Organizer/Sysop Center for Democracy and Technology <bobpal@cdt.org> 1634 Eye Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006 http://www.cdt.org/ (v) +1 202 637 9800 http://www.cdt.org/homes/bobpal/ (f) +1 202 637 0968 The CDA fight continues! Visit http://www.cdt.org/ciec/