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Date: 3 Nov 92 12:05:17
From: Stephen M Jameson <sjameson@fergie.dnet.ge.com>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: Re: SSN and unique IDs
Reply-To: sjameson@atl.ge.com
Organization: General Electric Advanced Technology Labs
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In article <comp-privacy1.93.8@pica.army.mil> nelsonc@deneb.cs.rpi.edu (Chris Nelson) writes:
>
>A scenario: NIST standardizes such an algorithm (perhaps with some
>local parameters so that a third party with my SSN and a company's FID
>_still_ couldn't get my ID) and use of it becomes compulsory as use of
>SSNs by private entities becomes illegal; phased in over a 4-5 year
>period, perhaps.
>

I know that "privacy" as used in this newsgroup usually refers to
specific kinds of privacy, but doesn't the whole idea of "use of it
becomes compulsory" and "becomes illegal" denote government violation
of privacy on the part of the individuals who are not compelled or
prohibited from taking certain actions?

--
Steve Jameson                           General Electric Aerospace 
sjameson@atl.ge.com                     Advanced Technology Laboratories
                                        Moorestown, New Jersey              
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Date: 6 Nov 92 22:58:42 GMT
From: Jarrod Staffen <uswnvg!uswnvg.com!jstaffe@uunet.uu.net>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: Re: 1-800-CURB-DWI
Organization: U S WEST NewVector Group, Inc.
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I personally think the idea of *DWI is great.  I use a cellular phone and have
been on the road many times behind a dangerous driver.  When it is clear that 
the driver is under some kind of influence, I diall 911.  It's free and it puts me through to State Patrol.  On one occasion, I was behind a truck carrying 4
passengers.  The three in the cap were hitting eachother, the truck was all
over the road.  They were passing beers between the guy in the truckbed (who
had a case of beer) and the guys in the cab.  I thought this was quite stupid,
but not nearly as stupid as when they saw a hitch-hiker ahead and pretended
they were going to run him over.  Instead of running over him, they swerved at  the last second and just threw a beer at him.  I dialed 911 and followed these
pukeheads until a trooper caught up a few minutes later.  Justice was served.
If I wanted to, I could have called anonymously as there are no means to trace 
the origins of a cellular call (not easily, anyway).  

Of course, the privilege could easily be abused.  I couldn't give you a quick
answer to that.  But I feel the bebefits greatly outweigh the risks of abuse.

Jarrod Staffen
jstaffe@uswnvg.uswnvg.com
Date:  Mon, 09 Nov 1992  22:56:37 EST
From:  Message Center <FZC@cu.nih.gov>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject:  Re:  Risks of Cellular Speech
Reply-To: TDARCOS@mcimail.com
Organization: Computer Privacy Digest
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In Telecom Digest 12-834, Frank Vance <airgun!fvance@uunet.uu.net>
wrote:

>I for one have been quite disappointed in the way the
>entire cellular privacy issue has been handled by
>the cellular providers and the U.S. Government

>1. First of all, why did the various cellular providers make
>promises of "safe and secure communications" when they knew
>anybody with a little money could buy a receiver to listen
>in?

>2.  Why, instead of fixing the technical deficiencies in
>their product do they go sniveling to Congress to make it
>illegal to listen...

>3.  Why in the world did our government accept the
>sniveling and pass the Electronic Communications
>Privacy act...most agencies of the government understand
>the problem...many of them have implemented digital
>scrambling.

I'd like to quote from two books by Robert A. Heinlein.  In
his last book before he died, "To Sail Beyond The Sunset"
there is - coincidentally - a telecommunication question
asked where someone notices that the video telephones used
(in the story) in Kansas City are flat, and the video in
Dallas is stereophonic.  He asks "Why is Kansas City still
using flatties?  Dallas phones are all tanks now."  To which
his mother informs him "Donald, any question that begins
with 'Why Do they' can usually be answered, 'Money.'"

In the second Heinlein book, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress,"
the main character Mannie points out that people always ask
for a law to stop other people from doing something that they
don't like those people doing.  "Nobody ever says, 'Please
pass a law to make me stop doing something I know I should
stop."

So the point is that it's all about money.  It's a lot
cheaper (and dishonest) to leave cellular phones totally
open and make it illegal to listen to them, while causing
people to have the (misguided) impression that the medium
is secure.

Another point is that some agencies of the government DO NOT
want telecommunications to *really* have privacy; there are
some rumors that NSA monitors *all* overseas calls, or at
least all overseas calls to 'sensitive' countries.  I am
sure NSA, FBI and a few others DO NOT want real security.

Also, you might ask the same question about why the
members of congress involved with Mr. Keating of
American Savings didn't tell him to fix the problems
with his S&L instead of "accepting the sniveling."
Call it very effective ahem "campaign contributions."
Did the same thing happen in this instance?  We'll
probably never know unless some Senator's aide does
what one did to Ted "Chappaquittick" Kennedy.
---
Paul Robinson -- TDARCOS@MCIMAIL.COM
These opinions are MINE alone and nobody else's
Date: 4 Nov 92 15:50:31 GMT
From: "Peter L. Rukavina" <csplr@trentu.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: Re: Blockbuster announces plan to use data from video rentals
Organization: Trent University, Ontario
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In article <mellon.720813336@pepper> mellon@ncd.com (Ted Lemon) writes:
>nolan@helios.unl.edu (Michael Nolan) writes:
>>Well, you have to use your drivers license to get a Blockbuster card, and
>>they don't handle X rated movies, much less 'adult' movies.  (At least,
>>that's how it works in Lincoln, NE.)
>
>That's the way it works in the Bay Area, too.   BlockBuster Video seems to
>be a pretty puritan company - they won't even provide some pretty mainstream
>but controversial movies.   They don't seem to have a problem with female
>nudity, but if there are nude males in your flick, forget it.

Here in Peterborough, Canada, Blockbuster bought out the Major Video
company, another chain of superstores.  The interesting thing is that
the Major Video people had a really good store -- lots of "foreign"
films, seemingly no eveil censorship and good employee relations.  When
Blockbuster came along they seemed to have a policy of hiring only men
(all of the "dressed as they were" men/women employees under Major were
replaced by IBMesque male droids in blue shirts and ties) and of
carrying only the most mundane movies.

But this is about provacy, isn't it... :-)
Date: 7 Nov 1992 09:31:09 GMT
From: Ramesh Doddamani <ramesh@veda.esys.cwru.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: Re: Posting grades by SSN
Reply-To: ramesh@veda.esys.cwru.edu
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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  I am reading a report which is supposed to have been published in a
  magazine called "Education Daily" dated Aug 11, 1992. It is about a
suit filed by students at Rutgers University(Krebbs v. Rutgers)
regarding the posting of grades by SSNs. A federal judge has(had)
temporarily barred the university action saying that the practice may
violate students' privacy. University officials had said that this
happened in isolated cases and is not a university policy. I wonder
what happened to the case.

Ramesh
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 01:27:35 GMT
From: "Tom R. Rice" <tomrice@netcom.com>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: Re: Risks Of Cellular Speech
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
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Dave King <71270.450@compuserve.com> writes:

>traffic is lighter. Scanners cost as little as $200, and are sold in virtually
>every shopping mall in Toronto.

	It's astonishing that most people don't seem to realize
	that cellular phones are "wireless", i.e., they are just
	2-way radios fancied up a bit.  The cellular industry
	doesn't want customers to know this, but I'm boggled
	that people just don't catch on.  Would they discuss
	sensitive information on a CB radio?

	BTW, a scanner is not really necessary.  The older TV sets
	that have UHF tuners of the continuously-tuned type (rather
	than the channel-switch type) can easily tune in cellular
	calls.

	Ahh, the marvels of technology!
	trr


-- 
"Start off every day with a smile and get it over with."  --W.C.Fields
Tom R. Rice   WB6BYH                   Holler Observatory - 
tomrice@netcom.com                     Longitude:  121 d  30 m  20 s W 
CIS: 71160,1122                        Latitude:    37 d  25 m  10 s N
Date: 3 Nov 92 12:07:59
From: Stephen M Jameson <sjameson@fergie.dnet.ge.com>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: Re: ssn and traffic tickets
Reply-To: sjameson@atl.ge.com
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In article <comp-privacy1.94.5@pica.army.mil> bsc835!ehunt@uunet.uu.net (Eric Hunt) writes:
>In Alabama, your SSN is printed on your driver's license. It's *not* the
>DL#, but it is printed on the card itself.
>
>How many other states also have the SSN printed on the license?

Delaware does.

--
Steve Jameson                           General Electric Aerospace 
sjameson@atl.ge.com                     Advanced Technology Laboratories
                                        Moorestown, New Jersey              
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**  which they defend . . .                                               **
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:05:56 GMT
From: Doctor Math <root@sanger.chem.nd.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: Re:  public access to state info
Organization: University of Notre Dame
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In article <comp-privacy1.94.6@pica.army.mil> "Harry I. Rubin" <harry@tenet.icsi.berkeley.edu> writes:
>From the article, it sounds like they have had security problems with
>the public access terminals for a while.  The "solution" the state
>developed is to require people to identify themselves by some sort of
>sign-on procedure to look up license plate numbers; "that does provide
>at least some tracking of inquires," according to one official.

The state of California is now issuing laminated plastic drivers licenses
with a magnetic strip on the back. When using terminals at the DMV, you
have to swipe your card through to identify yourself. This would seem to
provide an adequate amount of authentication.
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 92 17:22:00
From: PaussaVC@ssd0.laafb.af.mil
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: Re: How could grades be used against me?
Organization: Computer Privacy Digest
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>> [_Brinton Cooper <abc@brl.mil>]
> [In the November, 1992, issue of ONLINE, "Information America: A Tool..]
> 'we investigated an entire jury's background before the members were
   even selected.'
>> [elee@bonnie.ics.uci.edu]
                             
> [This is part of the ICS 131 bboard posting requirement.]
> Who do you wish to hide your grade from? I don't see how someone else's 
  knowledge about my grades could be used to my disadvantage or advantage;
  Eric J. Lee

The people of Los Angeles rioted when they felt they had been excluded from 
the jury system.  Perhaps, if you discovered that lawyers screened juries on 
the basis of grades, (or used grades as an indicator of intelligence) you 
would be more concerned.  I have spoken to lawyers who routinely excuse
educated people from juries due to a belief that they are too [unpredictable] 
in their decisions.
-vcp
-jurys- the basis of our system of justice.
From: nelsonc@colossus.cs.rpi.edu (Chris Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject: SSN for study room
Date: 3 Nov 92 05:27:44 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
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Today, I planned to meet a friend at the library to study.  So that we
wouldn't disturb others, I stopped at the front desk to reserve a
study room.  The form I was given had a blank for "SSN".  

I know that RPI uses the social security number as a student ID for
most non-foriegn students and am accustomed to the staff's failure to
distinguish between SSN and student ID number (a rather non-PC,
non-multicultural affront to our guests, I'd say).  To combat this
failure, I make a point of asking anyone who asks for my "soc"(ugh!)
if what they want is my student ID number.  

In this case, I was told that, no, what they needed was my SSN as that
was what the Bursar billed by and they considered that number security
against damage to the room, failure to return the key, etc.  Setting
aside, for the moment, the fact that I could trash a large part of the
library outside the study rooms without giving anyone my student
number (or any other form of ID), WHY ON EARTH SHOULD I HAVE TO GIVE A
LIBRARIAN MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER TO STUDY WITH A FRIEND IN THE
LIBRARY?!?

If you read this on rpi.general, I'm very interested in your comments.
If you read this on c.s.p, it's a flame or an anecdote as you wish to
interpret it; I'm sorry if I'm wasting bandwidth (and I guess I'd
welcome your comments, too).

                                  Chris


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Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: seeking information
From: brv@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Balaji Venkatraman)
Date: 1 Nov 92 15:31:44 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Florida CIS Dept.


hi netters,

I am reading this news group for the last couple of days -
i expected to see lots of discussion on the Information Age,
impact of communication on society and the like :-)

Have these issues already been discussed? if so, is there an
archive where i can look it up?
if not, can informed readers post their views?

Thanks

Balaji R. Venkatraman                Internet:  brv@cis.ufl.edu
Computer and Information Sciences    Phone : (904) 392-1491, 392-1200 (office)
University of Florida                        (904) 372-3135 (home)
Gainesville, FL 32611.               Fax   : (904) 392-1220
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: grahame@skyfox.usask.ca
Subject: Upgrading EMAX-II
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:37:44 GMT

I have an Emax-II with 3MB RAM and the internal RAM expansion board (unpopulated).
I understand that the board takes 256x4 DIPs... these are readily available
from most mail order places. The only issue I have is with EMU's instructions
regarding having different PAL's installed for the various amounts of memory.
DOes anyone know whether I can just add more RAM without making any other
changes? Can I expand my machine to 8MB if I have only 1 MB on the main board?

Thanks

James Grahame (GRAHAME@SASK.USASK.CA) "Disgruntled and completely unimpressed
                                       Emu owner"
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: dtg001@dunix.drake.edu (Soli Deo Gloria)
Subject: Any way to "fake" a MIDI device???
Organization: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 07:03:39 GMT

Hello again, folx...

First things first... the 800 number I gave you all does NOT
work for getting tech support for Finale... so... sorry.  :)

The big question though:
        Is there a way to "make" Finale think I have MIDI when
        I don't?  Is there a driver out there that will fake it
        through another Windows sound driver?

Hmmm...  Yes, I will be getting MIDI eventually, but, it doesn't
look like it'll be any time super soon... so...

Help?

Thanks...
Damien Guay
From: sxs@cis.ksu.edu (Spencer Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Multiple digital recordings on a SONY DTC 55 DAT Recorder.
Date: 6 Nov 92 18:13:30 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University
Distribution: inet
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>	There _is_ a way around SCMS, however, but you may not like it if
>you like your Sonys or have limited funds. To ensure that you can do as
>many digital-digital passes or make as many generation level copies as you
>want, you need to get hold of any DAT which has the AES/EBU digital
>interface. This, found on many semi-pro and pro-grade machines, does _not_
>support the SCMS flag bit, allowing you to do unlimited digital ping-ponging
>or multi-generation copies. There is a price for having a machine with
>the AES/EBU ports, however, and it's all in money; these machines will set you
>back a good bit more than most. TASCAM, however, does have the very nicely
>priced and AES/EBU-equipped DA-30, which might be a suitable tradein 
>alternative to your Sony DTC-55s.

It is also possible to get a machine that will ignore SCMS from the SPDIF 
inputs. Sony makes em' (PCM-2300 $1100) there still considered pro-machines 
so they are still a little expensive. 

Another machine you might consider is the Pansanic SV-3700, supports 
AES/EBU, and SPDIF. It also has alot of editing features. Its about $1300
right now. 

A different approach is to buy a device that will do SCMS munching (-:
You will have to look for it by a different name now that the DAT tax is
around. But Many of the digital interface converters or digital error
fix-it boxes will do it. ($250-????).

Spencer
sxs@cis.ksu.edu
Unix System janitor.
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: norlin@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Norman Lin)
Subject: MODEDIT is NOT crippleware!
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 09:10:58 GMT
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

>In article <BxH408.DDs@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>  writes:
>> Sorry to be complaining to what seems to be a fine person, but
>> it has to be said:
>> 
>> Norman,
>> 
>> ModEdit 3.1 may very well be an excellent piece of
>> software but I won't be purchasing it because it DOESN'T follow
>> the shareware concept--it's crippleware.  In its downloadable 
>> state I can't test it for anything but use as a MOD player and 
>> I've seen several better as far as that goes.  

I feel I must respond to this.  ModEdit is *NOT* crippleware.  You can
load, save, edit, and play modules.  You can COMPLETELY CREATE and EDIT
any and all modules with the UNREGISTERED version.  If that's not shareware,
I don't know what is.  The registered version allows enhanced features;
real-time "recording" from within the editor, for instance.  But you
can still ENTER music within the editor, just not in real time as the MOD
is being played.

I think that if you actually do download and test ModEdit, you'll see that
it is, in fact, a completely functional piece of software.  I don't see
why you think you "can't test it for anything but use as a MOD player."
Have you looked at it and tried creating/saving MODs?  It works just fine.

Norman
norlin@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: downs@helios.nevada.edu (Lamont Downs)
Subject: Re: Finale Registration (was Re: Finale/Mac/Stylewriter Problem)
Organization: UNLV
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:57:32 GMT

>The IBM version of Finale I just purchased was 2.0.1.
>Hopefully, it's the most recent!  =)

Yes it is, but hints keep appearing on Coda's CIS support forum that version 
3.0 is not far off. Hopefully by year's end...
Lamont Downs
downs@helios.nevada.edu
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: danny@seas.gwu.edu (Daniel Greene)
Subject: advice needed
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:16:53 GMT

I was wondering if someone out there could help me.  I own a 386dx running at 40 MHz, a 120 M hard drive, an dam trying to decide to buy a sound card.  I am hoping that if someone out there can help me decide what would be a good card to buy for a reasonable price.  The purpose of my desiring this card is twofold, 
	1-to increase the sound output of my system
	2-to, with the right software(which I could also use help in choosing), use my computer to transcribe piano, and perhaps guitar music.

Any help would be appreciated.


:)
Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.synth
From: jna@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Radio Babylon)
Subject: WANTED: your old synth
Followup-To: sender 
Keywords: Synth, analog, wanted, forsale
Organization: We Take What We Want, Inc.
Distribution: ne
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 01:20:31 GMT

I just got my catalog from PAIA electronics today, and they've got 
lots of wonderful analog synth kits and parts. The problem? It'll 
cost me over $100 to make a synth. So, I've decided to start a 
search for an old analog synth. Look in your basements, look in 
your racks. If you've got any of the following synths, I'll give 
you $$ for them...
 
It'd be nice if you lived in the NYC or BOSTON area so I could come 
and pick it up. Otherwise we could do COD.
 
Wanted:
 
   ** PLEASE CONTACT ME DIRECTLY BY EMAIL.
   ** Last time I did this someone else saw a post and bought the 
      synth I wanted out from under me.
 
  Roland Jupiter-6
  Roland Jupiter-8 
  Roland SH-101 
  Roland TB-303 bass line sequencer
  Roland TR-909 drum machine
  Prophet 600 
  Juno 106 
  Sequential Circuits Pro-One 
 
  I'm also looking for a good sequencer for an Amiga 1000 w/512K of 
  memory. If anyone's got one they want to give me, let me know.

 thanks in advance!