John Gilmore of the Electronic Frontier Foundation: "Deep Crack" and Encryption Policy
(Recorded 8/3/98)
PRIVACY Forum Radio host Lauren Weinstein interviews EFF (Electronic
Frontier Foundation) co-founder John Gilmore, about the "Deep Crack"
computer and related topics. John led the team that designed and built
Deep Crack, which recently was successful at determining the key to decrypt
a message encoded with DES (the federal Data Encryption Standard), in
less than three days. John is a widely known and frank advocate of
unrestricted access to strong encryption systems. John and Lauren discuss
the ramifications of Deep Crack and the practical, political, and philosophical
aspects of encryption policy and technology.
(~30 Minutes)
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PRIVACY Forum on KPFK-FM's "Digital Village"
(Recorded 3/22/97)
Lauren Weinstein, moderator of the PRIVACY Forum, and
host of PRIVACY Forum Radio, finds himself interviewed
regarding a wide range of privacy topics on Pacifica Radio
KPFK-FM's "Digital Village" program in Los Angeles.
"Digital Village" is hosted by Doran Barons and
Ric Allan.
(~25 Minutes)
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Cryptosystems: Export Restrictions and Phil Karn's Lawsuit
(Recorded 12/19/96; Updated 1/10/97)
Lauren Weinstein, host of PRIVACY Forum Radio,
interviews Phil Karn (creator of the "KA9Q" TCP/IP packages), regarding
Phil's lawsuit against the U.S. federal government, seeking permission
to export already published (in printed form) cryptographic source code in machine readable form.
(~30 Minutes)
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Cryptosystems: Key Escrow/Recovery and Government Controls
(Recorded 11/14/96)
PRIVACY Forum Radio host
Lauren Weinstein interviews a well-known advocate of key escrow, key
recovery cryptographic systems, Professor Dorothy Denning of Washington
D.C.'s Georgetown University.
They discuss a range of topics including third-party key
systems, possible future government controls over domestic cryptography,
international crypto competition, export controls, and other related issues.
(~30 Minutes)
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Lexis-Nexis P-TRAK Database
(Recorded 9/17/96)
PRIVACY Forum Radio host
Lauren Weinstein interviews Steven Emmert of Lexis-Nexis concerning
the P-TRAK personal information database controversy. Lauren and Mr.
Emmert discuss details of Lexis-Nexis' P-TRAK, personal information privacy, and a
range of other related issues. This interview provides
a rare insight into the operational "philosophy" of a
major commercial database service.
(~30 Minutes)
Important! Please see the details in the PRIVACY Forum Digest issue devoted to this
topic for updated Lexis-Nexis voice/fax numbers changed since the
recording of this interview.
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Postal Service "Change of Address" Issues
(Recorded 10/16/96)
Host Lauren Weinstein interviews Mike Selnick of the United States Postal
Service in Washington D.C. regarding commercial use of "change of address"
data, followed by an interview with John Brugger of the United States
Postal Inspection Service (also in Washington D.C.) regarding fraudulent
use of such data.
(~30 Minutes)
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Telephone "Caller-ID" Services
(Recorded 9/10/96)
Host Lauren Weinstein interviews Beth Givens of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
regarding the history, current status, and future of the controversial
telephone "Caller-ID" services.
(~20 Minutes)
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