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) -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
