~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, There's a pretty good article about the privacy debate in the July/August issue of BEYOND COMPUTING. The article, "Technology and Government: The Battle Heats Up," is by Dr. H. Jefferson Smith. It appears in the "ethics" section. Mostly it was a once-over-lightly, but at least it never mentioned kiddie porn, narcotraffickers, pedophiles nor terrorists. It was fairly even handed in its presentation. The article ended with these paragraphs: . . . On one level, discussions of an individual's rights--such as the right to conduct private conversa- tions without a threat of government intrusion--are pitted against the worthy goal of an efficient and safe society. On a deeper level, a potentially more perplexing dilemma is at play: Should our government interject itself into technological advances to achieve some socially desir- able outcome? And, if so, who should determine which outcome should be sought? Of course, we know the Cypherpunk answers, but at least other folks are looking at the issues. Onward and upward. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~