Peter is quite right that the interesting part is HOME computers. It's the Electronic Messaging Association, BTW. My article with comments from them, SEC, NASD, ACLU, etc. is at: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1731,00.html The SEC may have approved a rule that violates federal law. -Declan At 17:00 -0500 2/4/98, Trei, Peter wrote:

[sorry if you get this twice - pt]

I have not been able to confirm the claim in this letter - the EMA does not seem to have a web site. Note that it refers to employers monitoring employee's HOME computers.

Peter Trei

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-----Original Message----- From: Larry Layten [SMTP:larry@ljl.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 1998 11:04 AM To: cryptography@c2.net Subject: SEC Rule Announcement

I received information in an Electronic Mail Association (EMA) bulletin that said the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule that would go into effect February 15th that requires securities employers to have the ability to monitor electronic communications between employees and customers on employees' home computers or through third party systems.

Does anyone have any more information on this and how it might apply to encrypted email?

Larry