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Re: Lauren Weinstein -- Microsoft's Police State Vision? Exec Calls for Internet "Driver's Licenses"
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 19:02:14 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "Roy Levin" <roy () levin net> Date: February 7, 2010 2:17:04 PM EST To: <dave () farber net> Subject: RE: [IP] re Lauren Weinstein -- Microsoft's Police State Vision? Exec Calls for Internet "Driver's Licenses" Dave, I fear the reporting on which Lauren’s original remarks were based was incomplete, emphasizing the sound-bite rather than the substance. I’m not aware of a transcript that would provide us with complete information, but some additional context and detail are in Barbara Kiviat’s blog entry (who was present at the panel at which Craig Mundie spoke). See http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2010/01/30/drivers-licenses-for-the-internet/ . While one may still disagree with some of the things Mundie (is reported to have) said, I think that, based on this more complete context, “Microsoft’s Police State Vision” is an unfair characterization. Full disclosure: I work for Microsoft; Craig Mundie is my boss’s boss. However, that also enables me to report, based on first-hand knowledge and experience, that Mundie is very sensitive to privacy considerations and is a strong supporter of privacy-related research, which is an active area of work in Microsoft Research. Roy Levin ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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