Hi all, I've been on this list for quite a while now, mostly listening and learning, but with the occasional post now and then. What I've learned is that it's important for us all (even outside the US) to "spread the word" (as it were) and let people know how important Privacy, and associated areas are to us. In fact, I saw a program on UK TV only yesterday in which Ann Winterton (an English Member of Parliament) was advocating that the UK Government allow British Telecom to routinely (ie, without a permit/warrant etc) tap and intercept people's phone calls. Without a warrant!!! Her excuse was that we needed to capture child pornographers, who were downloading them using the PSTN. Yeah, right! Anyway, my call for help is this. I've got to write my Final Year thesis starting in September, and since we've got free reign on what we say and do, I'd like to take the subjects of Encryption, Privacy, Digital Cash (etc, etc, etc), and write a *decent* and *truthful* (ie, a Cypherpunks view, *NOT* the media's, or the Government's) thesis on what it's all about, what it's not, how it all affects us, and what we can all do. My intention is that when it's all finished, I'll release it into the public domain, and produce a Postscript file to be used as an "intro" to the Crypto-world. And since I'm no expert, and I want to make this a document showing us in a good (and honest) light, it would be nice if I could have some suggestions as to the content, layout and format of the document. I've prepared a few questions, and if you all wouldn't mind sparing a few moments of your time in answering them, I'd be very grateful... 1, Do you see the need for a document such as this? 2, If not, how come? 3, What would you like to see covered in such a document? 4, What, if anything, would you like *not* to be covered? 5, How would you like it to be worded (ie, technical/beginner etc) 6, How would you like it be laid out? 7, <insert your comments/questions/flames here> Thanks in advance for your comments! -Peace from London! Rick M. Tait <ricktait@bnr.co.uk> Network Management Systems, Bell Northern-Research (Europe) Ltd.