urrent threat to our basic civil
liberties -- our rights to privacy and to protection against unwarranted
... ine 1801: The Electronic Frontier and The Bill of Rights
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
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Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
Committee on the Judiciary
House of Representat... wards
Subcommittee on Civil and
Constitutional Rights
House Judiciary Committee
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RACKDOWN ON CRIME IS RAISING QUESTION OF COMPUTER RIGHTS
by Jim Sulski
At dawn on a spring morning... he government's actions infringe on 1st
Amendment rights, and that freedom of the press and the right to p... d computer
underground can be dangerous, computer rights supporters claim that most are
curious but harmle... ase that he considers a possible
milestone in the rights of bulletin board operators and users.
He re
for entry
because of the bragging rights they will enjoy with fellow ...
The rights of bits ... ive universe of computing. Those
rights would be "construed as fully applicable without r...
the proper application of the Bill of Rights.
rime is raising question of computer
rights.
Chicago Tribune pg.17
Oct 29 '90 ... Scientific American pg.34
Aug 26 '90 The rights of computer users.
Los Angles Times ... y 21 '90 Crackdown on hackers 'may violate civil rights'.
New Scientist pg.22
July 21 '90 Group to defend civil rights of hackers founded by computer
indus
ed the government on
claims that their statutory rights to electronic mail privacy had been
violated whe... as part of a computer crime investigation. These rights
are protected under the Electronic Communication... ishers in order to
protect their First Amendment rights.
Mitch Kapor, founder and chairman of the board ... is case is a major step forward in protecting the rights of those who use
computers to send private mail
por of romanticizing crooks who are violating the rights of their victims, and most people still think tha... some of those snared in the dragnet. The computer-rights movement has gained support on Capitol Hill, wher... nsists the authorities are being mindful of civil rights. She predicts that wh en the facts come out at th
e gratification from
simply standing up for your rights and the rights of others like you.
Rudeness and abuse need never be tolerated, and you can see... ce management, | | can advise you of your rights |
| but if you overextend, these | | and
or of romanticizing crooks who
are violating the rights of their victims, and most people still think
th... ome of those snared in the dragnet. The computer-rights
movement has gained support on Capitol Hill, whe... nsists the authorities are being mindful of civil rights.
She predicts that when the facts come out at th
r
Foundation, a group dedicated to protecting the rights of
computer users. Its ultimate goal is to exten... agencies are mindful of the need to protect civil rights.
"We are not just some renegade agency breaking ... ng the need for computer
security with individual rights.
"We know people work very hard to create produc
records, now are complain-
ing that their privacy rights are being violated by law enforce-
ment officers ... ghed in, raising questions about con-
stitutional rights.
"Their concern is, the government is singling
selves boxed into a digital ghetto, denied simple
rights of access, while corporations and governments age... th digital peasants respecting the inherited land rights of
information barons and never asking bigger que
selves boxed into a digital ghetto, denied simple
rights of access, while corporations and governments age... th digital peasants respecting the inherited land rights of
information barons and never asking bigger que
de, the
activist, kept saying, 'Stand up for your rights.' My idealism and my activism
were combating my c... he statement,
and that you have knowledge of your rights." MacDougall says officials at both
the July 22 h
ers
and, in the process, trampled constitutional rights.
Notes Kapor, "We get into trouble when we blin... iberties will be protected in a world the Bill of Rights' authors
could never have foreseen must be made
Secret
Service is involved and we are within our rights doing this."
The boy says he and others later w... vided
background information to Newsbytes on the rights of malls to police those
on mall property, sayin