IP: Special Stanford Panel On Government Computer Surveillance

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 11:36:14 -0400
> To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
>
> Special Stanford Panel On Government Computer Surveillance
>
> WHAT: A special panel, hosted by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Stanford Law School's Program in Law, 
> Science and Technology, and the Stanford Computer Science Department, will discuss the implications of the proposed 
> Federal Intrusion Detection Network (FIDNet) and the general issue of the government's role in computer surveillance. 
> The moderator will be New York Times Technology Reporter John Markoff. The panel will be free and open to the public.
>
> WHEN: Tuesday, November 9, from 5:45 to 8 PM PST
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> WHERE: Stanford University’s Kresge Auditorium, Stanford Law School, 595 Nathan Abbott Lane.
>
> PANELISTS:
> Scott Charney -- Chief of the Computer Crime Unit in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice
> Whitfield Diffie -- Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems
> Marc Rotenberg -- Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
> John Markoff -- Moderator, Technology Reporter, The New York Times
>
> BACKGROUND: 
> On August 7, 1999, President Clinton issued an Executive Order establishing a Working Group on Unlawful Conduct on the 
> Internet. The Group would prepare recommendations about the need for "new technology tools, capabilities or legal 
> authorities" to successfully prosecute violations of the law, including the illegal sale of guns, explosives, 
> controlled substances and prescription drugs, as well as fraud and child pornography.
>
> FIDNet (Federal Intrusion Detection Network) has a number of major privacy implications. The plan could allow the 
> government to monitor data flowing over a range of computer networks. The proposed system could allow access to e-mail 
> and other documents, as well as computer programs. When John Markoff covered the FIDNet story in July, it wasn't clear 
> how the information would be collected or maintained, and under what conditions it would be available to law 
> enforcement officials. The plan was described as "fluid and vague."
>
> Please contact Anne Wilson (annewilson () acm org) or Chris Morgan (morgan () acm org) for more information.
>
> ACM (www.acm.org), the oldest and largest international professional computing society, is committed to examining all 
> sides of the major issues affecting the world of computing.