----------------------------------------------------------------------------- _____ _____ _______ / ____| __ \__ __| ____ ___ ____ __ | | | | | | | | / __ \____ / (_)______ __ / __ \____ _____/ /_ | | | | | | | | / /_/ / __ \/ / / ___/ / / / / /_/ / __ \/ ___/ __/ | |____| |__| | | | / ____/ /_/ / / / /__/ /_/ / / ____/ /_/ (__ ) /_ \_____|_____/ |_| /_/ \____/_/_/\___/\__, / /_/ \____/____/\__/ The Center for Democracy and Technology /____/ Volume 2, Number 25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A briefing on public policy issues affecting civil liberties online ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CDT POLICY POST Volume 2, Number 25 June 21, 1996 CONTENTS: (1) June 26 Senate Encryption Hering to be "Cybercast" Live Online (2) Submit Your Comments for the Hearing Record (3) Attend the S.A.F.E. Forum on Encryption - July 1, Stanford, CA (4) How to Subscribe/Unsubscribe (5) About CDT, contacting us ** This document may be redistributed freely with this banner intact ** Excerpts may be re-posted with permission of <editor@cdt.org> ** This document looks best when viewed in COURIER font ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) SENATE ENCRYPTION HEARING TO BE "CYBERCAST" LIVE ON THE NET JUNE 26 In a historic first that demonstrates the increasing power of the Internet Community as a political force, HotWired, DIGEX, the Voters Telecommunications Watch, and the Center for Democracy and Technology have teamed up to provide a live, interactive "cybercast" of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee encryption hearing on Wednesday June 26. The "cybercast" will provide netizens concerned about privacy and security on the Internet the ability to participate in the hearing, ask questions of the witnesses, and submit comments for the record. Details on how you can participate are printed below. This hearing is the second encryption hearing held before the Senate Subcommittee on Science, Space and Technology; the first hearing was held on June 12. Subcommittee Chair Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) presided over both hearings. Witnesses scheduled to testify at the hearing, which will focus on the Burns/Leahy Pro-CODE bill (S. 1726) 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 * AND YOU!! (See below for details) The hearing will focus on the need to reform US encryption policies, proposals to relax export controls on encryption, and the privacy issues raised by the current policy. Specific information on the schedule, including approximate times the witnesses will testify, will be posted within the next few days at the URLs listed below. HOW TO JOIN THE HEARING LIVE ONLINE The following sites contain detailed information on how you can participate. Please visit these sites often for the latest information: * http://www.senate.gov/~burns/crypto.htm * http://www.crypto.com/ * http://www.cdt.org/crypto/ * http://www.hotwired.com/wiredside/ * http://www.digex.net/crypto/ INSTRUCTIONS: On Wednesday June 26, 1996, between 9:00 am ET and 1:00 pm ET, point your web browser at: http://www.hotwired.com/wiredside/ WHAT YOU NEED: 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/) All netizens with realauido capabilities can listen to the hearing live online. 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. ________________________________________________________________________ TELL CONGRESS WHY ENCRYPTION IS IMPORTANT TO YOU - ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Senator Burns, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and the other sponosors of the Pro-CODE bill want to hear from the Net.community about why encryption is important to privacy and security on the Internet. Please be sure to visit http://www.crypto.com/ and add your voice to the debate over encryption policy on Capitol Hill. Responses will be tabulated and the results, along with selected statements, will be included in the Congressional Record by Senator Conrad Burns. The restults will also be featured during the Security and Freedom through Encryption Forum (SAFE) on July 1 (details on that event are attached below). To add your voice to the crypto debate in Congress, visit: http://www.crypto.com/submit/ ________________________________________________________________________ ATTEND THE SAFE FORUM - JULY 1, 1996 STANFORD CALIFORNIA On July 1, 1996, in the heart of California's Silicon Valley at Stanford University, members of Congress, prominent computer industry leaders and privacy advocates will meet to discuss the need to reform U.S. encryption policy. The event is FREE and open to the public, but space is limited and is going fast. To find out more, and to reserve your free ticket, visit the SAFE Forum Web Page at: http://www.crypto.com/safe/ CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Among other prominant industry leaders, cryptographers, privacy advocates and members of Congress, confirmed speakers include: Industry Leaders and Cryptographers Members of Congress * Marc Andreeson, Netscape * Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) * Jim Bidzos, RSA * Rep. Tom Campbell (R-CA) * Eric Schmidt, Sun Microsystems * Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) * Brad Silverberg, Microsoft * Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) * Phil Zimmermann, PGP Inc * Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) * Matt Blaze, AT&T * Sen. Larry Pressler (R-SD) * Bruce Schneier, Counterpane Systems Privacy Advocates and Legal Experts: * Michael Froomkin, U. of Miami Law School * Jerry Berman, Center for Democracy and Technology * Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (invited) * Ken Dam, U. of Chicago Law School (invited) This event will be "cybercast", whith full audio and still video clips, live online with the help of MediaCast. Details on the cybercast are available at http://www.crypto.com/safe/ SAFE FORUM SPONSORS This important discussion on the need for an alterative policy to protect privacy and security and promote commerce on the Global Information Infrastructure is being made possible by the generous support of the following companies and public interest organizations: America Online Americans for Tax Reform AT&T Business Software Alliance Center for Democracy and Technology Center for National Security Studies Commercial Internet eXchange CompuServe Incorporated Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Cylink Corporation EDS Electronic Frontier Foundation Electronic Messaging Association Electronic Privacy Information Center Information Technology Association of America IEEE - USA MediaCast Media Institute Microsoft Corporation Netcom Online Communication Services Netscape Communications Corporation Novell, Inc. Oracle Corporation Pacific Telesis PGP Inc. Prodigy, Inc. Progress and Freedom Foundation Securities Industry Association Software Publishers Association Sybase, Inc. Voters Telecommunications Watch Wired Magazine Please visit the SAFE Forum Home Page for more information. (http://www.crypto.com/safe/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (4) SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Be sure you are up to date on the latest public policy issues affecting civil liberties online and how they will affect you! Subscribe to the CDT Policy Post news distribution list. CDT Policy Posts, the regular news publication of the Center For Democracy and Technology, are received by nearly 10,000 Internet users, industry leaders, policy makers and activists, and have become the leading source for information about critical free speech and privacy issues affecting the Internet and other interactive communications media. 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