First amendment in danger

Those aren't wing tanks, they are a pair of concealed 38's.

[Kirby]

Hey y'all

A quote from the Cincinnati Enquirer week of 31 Aug 1999:

"The Justice Department's new plan called the Cyberspace Electronic Security Act (CESA) would let officials get sealed warrants to break into American's homes and-get this-tamper with their personal computers, disabling security software so they could then track whatever people do with their PCs. It would let them cripple software that encrypts, or scrambles, data.

The plan would be considered an extension of the right to plant "bugs" (hidden listening devices) in homes, but it goes far beyond eavesdropping.

Libertarian National Director Steve Dasbach calls it "a legal burglary tool"-and he's right."

Forewarned is forearmed.

Kirby

Well. don't stop there. Is this legislation already enacted, or can we still give our input to lawmakers?

Not to upset anybody's Sunday morning, but the plain fact is that the government doesn't need a law enacted in order to snoop on somebody's phone or computer. If there's legal concern (i.e., uncooperative local police), an executive order will do just fine.

Do you know of a website where we can have our concerns recorded and passed on to our representatives individually or as a group? Sort of an electronic petition. We may have worn out our welcome on this website.

[mike_baram]

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

[Kirby]

Jay

Check out these sites:

http://www3.shore.net/~gmcgath/privacy.html

http://www.computerprivacy.org/archive/