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zarro boogs (was Re: NTK now, 2000-03-03)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R. A. Hettinga)
Fri Mar 3 16:38:34 2000
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Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 15:26:39 -0500
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From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>
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At 8:01 PM +0000 on 3/3/00, Danny O'Brien wrote:
> >> HARD NEWS <<
> zarro boogs
>
> On Monday, the REGULATION OF INVESTIGATORY POWERS BILL will
> get its second reading in the Commons. Then it goes to
> committee, then it becomes law, and then you'll never hear
> from it again, because talking about most of its powers will
> get you five years in prison. So, when the police ask your
> ISP to put a tap on your mail, you won't hear about it. When
> your local trades and standards officer decides to take a
> look at your browser log for the last month, you won't hear
> about it. And when they come and get your private encryption
> key so that can read your friend's mails, you won't be able
> to tell your friend - or us - that it happened. Hell, you
> won't even be able to change your key if that might give us
> a clue. Given that it's all going to get so quiet so soon,
> STAND thought it might be an idea to let our MPs know that
> we're still here. So, with mild and belated fanfare, please
> welcome - STAND's Open Web to MP fax gateway. Peruse the
> bloody-long-but-not-as-long-as-the-bill STAND Guide to RIP,
> then send your comments on the Bill direct to your
> constituency MP's office with just a few clicks. But please
> be quick - MPs have only ten days from Monday to
> propose their amendments. At the very least, we should get
> an anti-spam statute out of it.
> http://www.stand.org.uk/
> - may be a few bugs. but, hey, there's bugs everywhere these days
> http://www.stand.org.uk/ripnotes/
> - liberty requires eternal vigilance (and magnifying glass)
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