Digital Freedom: By any means necessary. Austin Cypherpunks Meeting October 9, 1993 1:00 pm Taylor Hall 2.006 -- UT Campus (24th and Speedway) The Austin Cypherpunks chapter will be holding its first local meeting on Saturday the 9th of October at 1:00 pm in room 2.006 of Taylor Hall (UT Campus). This will be an organizational meeting for the local chapter and will give you an opportunity to meet other cypherpunks from the Austin area. For the first time, information technology is giving people the opportunity for more privacy instead of less. For instance, we will have digital money soon; will it be used to track you every time you spend, or will it give you more security and convenience than a credit card with the anonymity of cash? Both are possible outcomes, but you will only keep your privacy if people get together and take action. Please join us, either in person or through our mailing lists, and help work towards a future where your privacy is guaranteed, not just legally, but by the best encryption and authentication tools available. Some of the items on the agenda for this first meeting include: -Education Hands-on demonstration of encryption tools and anonymous remailers; we will be distributing PGP (bring your disks!) and handing out information about the infamous "Clipper Chip". We should also have the latest information on the subpoenas served on various distributors of cryptographic software. -Political action Strong tools for privacy are perceived by most governments as a threat; cypherpunks have joined the fight against government attempts to restrict or ban encrypted communications, as well as the now-useless export ban on effective cryptographic software. -Public Key Exchange. Swap public keys with other members. We will have Macs and PCs on hand for you to sign and exchange public keys with other cypherpunks members. -Digital Credit Union Project Local cypherpunks are already working on forming a new credit union which will provide secure banking and commerce across the net using strong cryptography. [Location Instructions: Go to Taylor Hall on the UT campus. This building is at 24th and Speedway. The directions to room 2.006 are a little complicated for words, but a map will be posted on all of the doors to Taylor hall.] To subscribe to our full mailing list, send mail to: austin-cypherpunks-request@bongo.cc.utexas.edu To subscribe to our announcement-only mailing list, send mail to: austin-cypherpunks-announce-request@bongo.cc.utexas.edu Put the word 'subscribe' in the subject of your mail. Our file archives are available in /pub/cypherpunks via anonymous ftp at: ftp.cc.utexas.edu The Austin Cypherpunks chapter will continue to meet on the second saturday of each month in conjunction with local cypherpunk chapters across the country. The location of future meetings will be announced on local newsgroups and the local cypherpunks mailing list. Cypherpunks: There is safety in numbers... large primes. Local contacts for your questions...: Jim McCoy <mccoy@bongo.cc.utexas.edu> Doug Barnes <barnes@io.com>