At 12:26 AM 8/9/96 -0700, daw@cs.berkeley.edu (David Wagner) wrote:

I say, what we need is a little more abuse. I say, a well-publicized incident of abuse of the driver's license database can do more to help the cause of privacy than any amount of intellectually compelling debate. Perhaps one horrible incident of abuse would ignite enough public backlash to stop states from selling their databases at the drop of a hat.

Judge Bork doesn't happen to live in Oregon, does he? Publishing his video rental records got Congress to pass a law against private businesses selling that kind of data; perhaps we can embarass the state of Oregon into not selling data that the state forces you to provide. # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts@ix.netcom.com # <A HREF="http://idiom.com/~wcs"> Defuse Authority!