[48444] in Cypherpunks
YAN_kel
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Young)
Mon Jan 29 05:43:07 1996
From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 09:12:01 -0500
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
1-28-96. NYT:
A "Viewpoint" article not on the NYT Web site:
"Standoff in Cyberspace Gulch," by a Yankelovich author of
the recent Cybercitizen Survey, reports on the showdown
shaping up as the law moves into cyberspace, highlighting
the clash between citizen fears about security and the
desire for privacy, with stats from Yankelovich polls.
The quandary here -- that regulations are both thought
to be needed, yet anticipated to fail -- is the biggest
issue, and one that puts additional pressure on the
limits of cyberspace privacy. This crisis of confidence,
as much as lawlessness itself, could easily choke the
growth of cyberspace.
YAN_kel
Note: "Viewpoint" and "From the Desk Of" publishes readers'
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