From: drears@pica.army.mil (Dennis G. Rears)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Computer Privacy Digest (comp.society.priv
Date: 23 Aug 92 11:58:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.telecom12.655.3
Organization: TELECOM Digest
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 655, Message 3 of 3


  Hi.  This is an announcement of the Computer Privacy Digest which is
gatewayed to the comp.society.privacy newsgroup.  I am posting this
here because several people have mentioned they are unaware of the
forum.
  
 The Computer Privacy digest was created for discussion of the effect
of technology on privacy.  This forum of which I am the moderator
started out as the Telecom Privacy digest three years ago and at the
beginning of the year changed to the Computer Privacy Digest.  At that
time the comp.society.privacy newsgroup was created.  The Digest is
gatewayed into the newsgroup.

This Computer Privacy Digest was established to provide a forum for
discussion on the effect of technology on privacy. All too often
technology is way ahead of the law and society as it presents us with
new devices and applications.  Technology can enhance and detract from
privacy.  The name of the digest should actually be the Technology and
Privacy Digest but due to the USENET Hierarchy naming scheme the word
Computer is instead.

    Topics include but are not restricted to:
 
        o Telecommunications - Caller-Id, ANI, monitoring of phones
calls (cellear/cordless), tracking people's locations.

        o Cryptology - enhances citizens rights to safeguard their
information.
 
        o Data Bases - Big Brother is here but it is not just the
Government. It is also Corporate America.  The advent of mailing lists
has now reach an extremely high level.  Consider the Social Security
Number.
 
        o High Tech Surveillance Devices - ranging for sophisicated
(SP) bugs, viewing devices, and audio devices.
 
        o The boon in video cameras and private citizens taping
events; e.g. Rodney King episode.  Video as well as photographic
information can be forged.
 
        o The effect of technology on privacy in the legal arena (e.g
admissibilty in court of items produced by new and old technology).

        o Misc - National Identifier Numbers, Bar coding currency,
electronic toll devices mounted on autos, etc.

  This group is not intended for the overall issue of privacy, (e.g
should a rape victim have their name published).

Submissions go to comp-privacy@pica.army.mil and administration stuff
to comp-privacy-request@pica.army.mil.


                        Dennis G. Rears
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[Moderator's Note: The Computer Privacy Digest begas as Telecom
Privacy and had its origin here in TELECOM Digest as a result of a
huge overflow of messages on Caller-ID. Dennis has done a great job
with it since the beginning and I thank him for handling the task very
well.   PAT]