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PRIVACY Forum Radio

Welcome to PRIVACY Forum Radio! The original announcement describes various aspects of this Internet audio service. These audio programs are in RealNetworks' RealPlayer (RealAudio and RealVideo) formats. If you don't already have an appropriate player, you can download one at the link below.

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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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Copyright © 1998 Vortex Technology. All Rights Reserved.

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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Copyright © 1996, 1997 Vortex Technology. All Rights Reserved.

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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Copyright © 1996 Vortex Technology. All Rights Reserved.

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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Copyright © 1996 Vortex Technology. All Rights Reserved.

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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Copyright © 1996 Vortex Technology. All Rights Reserved.

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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Copyright © 1996 Vortex Technology. All Rights Reserved.

Questions or Comments to: privacy-radio@vortex.com

The opinions expressed in these interviews are those of the individual participants.

Copyright © 2009 Vortex Technology. All Rights Reserved.