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CPSR Alert Volume 1, Number 4
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To: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 91 10:49:14 EDT
From: uunet!ksr.com!ronni (Ronni Rosenberg)
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Subject: CPSR Alert 1.04
CPSR Alert 1.04
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CPSR Alert 1.04
Friday, October 11, 1991
The CPSR Alert is published by the CPSR Washington Office
Send comments to [email protected]
CPSR membership information contact: [email protected]
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Contents
[1] DC Notes
[2] Privacy Project Radio Program to Air
[3] Secret Service Releases "Computer Crime" Documents
[4] NIST Crypto Study Continues
[5] James Watson to Testify at DNA Hearing
[6] CPSR Annual Meeting - Cambridge Oct 12 and 12
[7] Upcoming CPSR Events
[8] CFP Videotapes Available
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[1] DC Notes
CPSR's Annual Meeting is October 12 and 13 in Cambridge.
A reception will be held October 11 at the MIT Faculty Club.
. . . a new article on Computerized Vote Tabulation by
national expert Roy Saltman appears in volume 32 of Advances
in Computing . . . The current issue of the Humanist features
articles on computers and civil liberties . . . "Building
the Open Road: The NREN as a Test-Bed for the National Public
Network" by Mitchell Kapor and Jerry Berman is now available.
Contact: [email protected].
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[2] Privacy Project Radio Program to Air
THE PRIVACY PROJECT: Personal Privacy in the Information
Age will air nationally on public radio stations for thirteen
weeks, beginning in early October. The half-hour weekly
programs seek to demystify emerging privacy issues -- such as
Caller ID, 800 numbers and electronic messaging. The series
was produced by Pacific Multimedia and is distributed
nationally be Western Public Radio produced by Gregg McVicar
and by a grant from the Telecommunications Education Trust.
The programs interweave a broad range of viewpoints from
industry leaders, civil libertarians, public policymakers,
consumer advocates, academics and technical experts. Also in
the mix are commentaries by Ian Shoals of Duck's Breath
Mystery Theater, comedian Tim Bedore, writer Joel Kugelmass,
and radio satirists World in Your Face.
Many of the segments are taken from panel discussions at
the CPSR Computers, Freedom & Privacy conference this spring.
CPSR Chairman Jeff Johnson is interviewed about the privacy
implications of Caller ID.
KALW (91.7 FM) in the Bay Area is broadcasting "The Privacy
Project" Fridays at 1 p.m. starting October 11.
Oct 11 The premier of "The Privacy Project: Personal
Privacy in the Information Age"
Oct 18 800 & 900: Capturing your identity with Automatic
Number Identification
Oct 25 Caller ID: Someone's at the Door
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[3] Secret Service Releases "Computer Crime" Documents
CPSR recently received some 2,250 documents in response
to our Freedom of Information Act request for information
relating to the Secret Service's "non-Sun Devil" computer
crime investigations (the agency's refusal to disclose
documents relating to "Operation Sun Devil" is the subject of
our pending lawsuit against the Service). We are in the
process of reviewing this material (with the assistance of
Craig Neidorf) and plan to issue a detailed description of
the documents very soon. Our initial review of the material
shows that the Secret Service monitored and downloaded
information from a variety of on-line newsletters and
conferences. It is likely that we will file a new lawsuit
challenging the withholding of additional material the agency
still refuses to disclose.
Contact: [email protected]
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[4] NIST Crypto Study Continues
The CPSR expert panel is currently reviewing the
proposed Digital Signature Standard. Invited panelists
include Ron Rivest (MIT), Whitfield Diffie (Sun
Microsystems), John Gilmore (Cygnus Support), Professor
George Davida (University of Wisconsin), Martin Hellman
(Stanford University), Ralph Merkle (Xerox), Michael Wood
(Cryptech). Dorothy Denning (Georgetown) chairs the group.
On Monday, November 4th, RSA will host a conference in
Redwood Shores, at the Hotel Sofitel. A panel that includes
Ron Rivest, Burt Kaliksi, Taher ElGamal, Whit Diffie and
Marty Hellman, will discuss DES and DSS. The meeting is open
to the public, and will give anyone the chance to ask
questions about recent news about DES, and about DSS.
Contact: [email protected]
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[5] James Watson to Testify at DNA Hearing
Nobel Laureate James Watson will testify at an October
17 hearing on the uses and misuses of genetic information.
Rep. Bob Wise (D-WV) and Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) said
"Modern DNA technology is producing more detailed information
about the genetic characteristics of individuals. The
information can be valuable in making decisions about medical
treatment. The same information can also be used to invade
the privacy of individuals, foster discrimination, and make
it impossible for some to obtain insurance or employment."
Chairman Conyers, who has introduced the Human Genome
Privacy Act to protect an individuals genetic information
against misuse and disclosure, stated "Allowing genetic
information outside an individual's personal use threatens to
open a 'Pandora's Box.' We may well see genetic information
used by the government and the private sector to create a
'biological underclass' of those with 'inferior' genetic
makeups. . . Genetic privacy could become a major focus of
the protection of individual's rights in the next twenty
years."
Other witnesses expected to testify include Dr.
Bernadine Healy, National Institutes of Health; Dr. French
Anderson, NIH; Dr. David Galas, Department of Energy; Dr.
Nancy Wexler, Heredity Diseases Foundation; Jeremy Rifkin,
Foundation on Economic Trends; Dr. Philip Reilly, Shriver
Center for Mental Retardation.
The issue of genetic privacy will also be discussed at
the second Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in
Washington, DC, March 18-20, 1992. Contact:
[email protected]
CPSR members in Berkeley are looking at the privacy
implications of databases containing genetic information.
Contact: [email protected]
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[6] CPSR Annual Meeting
1991 Annual Meeting
of
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
October 12 and 13
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA Auditorium 34-101
Celebrating Ten Years of CPSR Work
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, the
nation's only public interest organization of computing
professionals, will hold its 1991 Annual Meeting on October
12 and 13 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The CPSR Annual
Meeting is a national gathering that gives computer
professionals from all over the country a chance to meet and
to discuss the important and interesting issues facing the
profession and the public. The meeting is open to everyone
who has an interest in computers, communication, the future
of our high-tech society, and our role as citizens in the
development of policy.
This year's meeting will focus on current developments in
information technology and the impact they will have on our
ways of communicating and distributing information. The Bush
administration has proposed a $2 billion program of
investment in new computer networking technologies, which
have the potential of transforming the future of
international communication. There are many pressing policy
issues raised by the proposal: Who will control the new
network? Who will have access to its resources? What are
the provisions for privacy, security, and equity?
The sessions on Saturday, October 12, will include several
distinguished speakers addressing these and other pressing
public-interest issues surrounding electronic communication
and the emerging "information age." It will provide an
opportunity to think together about the problems, and
through CPSR to pass the resulting assessments along to the
media, to policymakers, and the other participants in the
democratic process.
Admission to the CPSR Annual Meeting is $20 for members, $25
for non-members, and $10 for students and low-income
attendees. We welcome additional contributions to support
our work. Contributions to CPSR are tax-deductible.
For more information and registration materials, contact CPSR
at (415) 322-3778 or by electronic mail at
[email protected].
PROGRAM
Saturday, October 12
8:00-9:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:15 Welcome from the CPSR Board
9:15-10:45 "The Past, Present, and Future of Government
Policy in the Information Age"
John Shattuck, Vice President, Government, Community and
Public Affairs, Harvard University. Research Associate
in the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at
the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University. Former Washington director of the American
Civil Liberties Union, and former vice-chair of Amnesty
International.
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 "The Personal and the Political in Electronic
Communication"
Judith Perrolle, Associate Professor of Sociology,
Northeastern University. Research Associate at the
Harvard School of Public Health. Author of Computers
and Social Change.
12:30-2:00 Lunch (not included in the conference)
2:00-3:30 "Educational Equity and the International
Economy in the Information Age"
Herb Gintis, Professor of Economics, the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst. Co-author of Inequality (with
Christopher Jencks), Schooling in Capitalist America
(with Samuel Bowles), and Democracy and Capitalism (with
Samuel Bowles).
3:30-4:00 Break
4:00-6:00 Parallel presentations on public interest
programs involving information technology.
An overview of CPSR's programs and operations, intended
for new members and those who would like to become more
active in the organization, presented by members of the
CPSR Board of Directors.
Mass OnLine, a project of the Boston Computer Society,
presented by Tracy Licklider, president, Boston
Computer Society.
Community Bytes, a project of the MIT Community Fellows
Program, presented by Laxmi Ramasubramanian, research
associate, Community Fellows Program.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, to be presented by a
representative of EFF.
The CPSR Computing and Civil Liberties Project,
presented by Marc Rotenberg, National Program Director,
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
Sunday, October 13
8:00-9:00am Continental breakfast
9:00-10:00 Reports from CPSR leadership
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:30 Chapter organizing workshop
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:00 General CPSR business meeting
3:00-4:30 Parallel workshop sessions on CPSR projects
4:30-5:00 Wrap-up and evaluation
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[7] Upcoming Events
Oct 12-13, CPSR Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
Keynote speaker: John Shattuck, former vice-chairman
Amnesty International and former director
ACLU Washington Office
Also Judith Perrolle, Herb Gintis, and presentations
by Mass Online, Community Bytes, EFF and CPSR
Contact [email protected]
Oct 25, US Privacy Council Meeting, Washington, DC
Canadian privacy expert David Flaherty to speak
CPSR Washington Office, 12 to 2
Contact [email protected]
1992
Mar 18-20, Computers, Freedom & Privacy, Washington, DC
Contact [email protected]
May 2-3, 1992 DIAC-92 Directions and Implications of
Advanced Computing, Berkeley, CA
Paper proposals due November 1, 1991
Contact dschuler@june.cs.washington.edu
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[8] CFP Videotapes Available
The videotapes from the CPSR Conference on Computers,
Freedom, and Privacy (March, 1991, San Francisco) are now
available for purchase.
For a brochure detailing the contents of all 15 videotapes,
call, write, or e-mail:
Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Video Library Project
P.O. Box 912
Topanga, CA 90290
(800) 235-4922
[email protected]
The individual session tapes are $55 each plus $4 shipping
and handling. The full set of 15 tapes is $480 plus $15
shipping and handling. (Calif. residents add sales tax.)
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