-Caveat Lector- ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:32:49 -0400 To: Matthew Gaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Matthew Gaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Privacy Villain of the Week: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 15:36:19 -0400 From: James Plummer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: NCP: Privacy Villain of the Week - Sen. Dianne Feinstein Privacy Villain of the Week: Sen. Dianne Feinstein When Oracle software CEO Larry Ellison <http://www.nccprivacy.org/handv/010927villain.htm> announced his support for a National ID card program heavily dependent on his own company's software, it didn't come as much of a shock to industry-watchers who had seen his company progress from its humble beginnings as a CIA contractor to a firm that employed high-priced Clinton-connected private investigators to dig through the trash of Microsoft supporters. But some privacy experts may have been surprised to hear that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Ca.) <http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein> has endorsed Ellison's concept of a national ID card. <http://www0.mercurycenter.com/local/center/id101701.htm> After all, isn't this the senator who goes about demanding immediate regulation of business and consumer-to-business practices in the name of "privacy"? <http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010817S0015> Of course, Ellison's Oracle would benefit from the "free" software doing so, in the form of installation and upgrade fees. And the rest of Feinstein's home turf -- the Bay Area, Silicon Valley -- would benefit tremendously from the further databasing of Americans. Microchips, subdatabases, (allegedly) secure bandwidth infrastructure, etc., etc. Feinstein has been proposing national IDs since at least 1995. <http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa237es.html> She has variously supported nationally standardized driver's licenses and cards with biometric identifiers such as fingerprints, retinal scans <http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_2.11.txt> and voice readings required for anyone with a job (to fight illegal immigration, doncha know <http://www.aclu.org/vote-guide/Senate_S1664.html>). Feinstein and Ellison's efforts are reportedly falling flat <http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-102401idcards.story >, but that doesn't mean Americans serious about their privacy should not keep an eye on those who would seize it. As seen here, they often come back to the issue after a defeat, seemingly angling for a return engagement as Privacy Villain of the Week. The Privacy Villain of the Week and Privacy Hero of the Month are projects of the National Consumer Coalition's Privacy Group. For more information on the NCC Privacy Group, see www.nccprivacy.org or contact James Plummer at 202-467-5809 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] . To remove yourself from this list, just respond to this message with a removal request. To access this release directly, go to <http://www.nccprivacy.org/handv/011025villain.htm> ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ ************************************************************************** ------- End of forwarded message ------- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
